Ash-Shams

24 passages reference this surah

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The Story of Ibrahim

Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets

1. "Indeed, Allah brings the sun from the east, so bring it from the west. This demonstrated that the sun rises daily by the will of its creator, who controls all things. If Nimrod truly had the power he claimed, he should have been able to reverse the sun's"

   Source in The Story of Ibrahim →

Hud, Salih & the Destroyed Nations

Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets

1. "Of his signs are the night and the day and the Sun and the moon Do not prostrate to the Sun or to the moon but prostrate to Allah who created them if you worship him Therefore he said when he saw the Sun rising. He said this is my Lord. This is greater"

   Source in The Story of Hud & Salih →

Book 4: The Book of Prayer

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "Their time begins with the decline of the sun. The decline of the sun is observed by the lengthening of shadows from upright objects leaning towards the east. At sunrise, an object's shadow appears on the westward side and lengthens as the sun rises."

   Source in The Book of Prayer →

2. "The time for the Eid prayer is between the rising of the sun and the sun's zenith. The time for slaughtering the sacrificial animals is between the sun's elevation, enough for two sermons and two rakahs, until the end of the thirteenth day."

   Source in The Book of Prayer →

3. "Later, as the sun spreads out and reaches a quarter of the sky from the eastern side, he would pray four rakahs. The first occurs when the sun rises a half-spears length. The second after a quarter of the day passes, aligning with the time for the Asr prayer."

   Source in The Book of Prayer →

Book 32: Patience and Gratitude

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "For example, if you wash a garment and someone advises you to hang it out because the sun has risen and the day is warm, you are not obligated to disbelieve them. Similarly, if someone comments on their complexion darkening because the sun struck them on the road, you"

   Source in Patience & Gratitude →

Volume One: From Tangier to the Lands of the East

Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta

1. "Among them is Shaykh Imam Scholar Shihab al-Din Ahmad Ibn Ibrahim Ibn Fala Ibn Muhammad al-Iskandari. Among them is Shaykh Imam Wali Allah Shams al-Din Ibn Abdullah Ibn Tamam. And the two Shaykhs, the brothers Shams al-Din Muhammad and Kamal al-Din Abdullah, sons of"

   Source in Volume One →

Book 21: The Book of the Wonders of the Heart

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din

1. "the earth. Conversely, focusing on sensory imaginations can act as a barrier to witnessing the preserved tablet, just as looking at a reflection of the sun in water is not the same as looking at the sun itself. The heart has two gates, one open to the unseen realm,"

   Source in The Book of the Wonders of the Heart →

2. "is analogous to the delay of vision until the time of the sun's radiance and its light flooding over the visible. The pen which Allah inscribed knowledge on the tablets of hearts functions like the sun's disk."

   Source in The Book of the Wonders of the Heart →

Book 39: The Book of Contemplation

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din

1. "when it is illuminated by the sun. We deduce from this the greatness of the sun's light compared to that of the moon and other stars because the earth reflects the sunlight. Examining the effects alludes to the cause to some extent, even if it does not replace"

   Source in The Book of Contemplation →

2. "When some sun's light is revealed, a basin of water is placed so the sun can be seen in it, allowing for observation without being overwhelmed by the sunlight. Similarly, actions are an intermediary through which we witness the attributes of the doer"

   Source in The Book of Contemplation →

3. "if Abu Nasra heard from Abu Dar. The hadith where the Prophet asked Gabriel about the sun's zenith and received the reply, No, yes, explaining the sun's journey of 500 years has no known basis, like a single house"

   Source in The Book of Contemplation →

Book 10: The Mysteries of Regular Divisions

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "From the rise of the dawn to the rise of the sun's disk is a devotion. From the rise of the sun to the zenith are two devotions. From the zenith to the zenith are two devotions. time of Azur are two devotions, and from Azur to Magrib are two devotions."

   Source in Arrangement of Litanies →

2. "and to perform four, six, or eight units when the ground becomes hot from the sun and feet feel the heat at the sun's intensity. The time for the two units, as intended by Allah's statement,"

   Source in Arrangement of Litanies →

Book 36: The Book of Love, Longing, Intimacy, and Contentment

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din

1. "than visual observation, that light is brought about by Allah's power precisely due to the occurrence of confrontation between the sun and dense bodies, just as the light, eye, shape and form of the sun also obtain purely from Allah's power."

   Source in The Book of Love, Longing, Intimacy, and Contentment →

2. "However, when they share a unanimous indication, matters become perplexing. Consider the sun's light illuminating the earth. We know it's a phenomenon occurring on the earth that vanishes with the sun's setting."

   Source in The Book of Love, Longing, Intimacy, and Contentment →

Book 17: Etiquettes of Travel

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "might indicate certain directions in some lands, and one must understand these. Celestial signs are divided into those of the day and night. During the day, the sun is the sign. One should note where the sun is at noon before leaving home."

   Source in Etiquettes of Travel →

2. "sun sets to the right of someone facing the qibla or inclines towards their face or back. Twilight also helps determine the qibla for the late-night prayer, and sunrise identifies the qibla for the dawn prayer. The sun indicates the qibla"

   Source in Etiquettes of Travel →

3. "Is it between the eyebrows, above the right eye, the left, or more towards the forehead? In northern countries, the sun doesn't exceed these positions. Remembering this helps determine the qibla at noon. Similarly, observe the sun's"

   Source in Etiquettes of Travel →

Yusha, al-Khidr & Ilyas

Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets

1. "of the sun occurred during the conquest of the Temple Mount and not Jericho. It suggests the uniqueness of Joshua, peace be upon him, and highlights the weakness of the Hadith we narrated about the sun returning for Ali bin Abi Talib"

   Source in The Story of Yusha, Khidr & Ilyas →

Book 31: The Book of Repentance

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "trust and its destiny this trust is like a radiant Sun descended into this perishable form and setting within it and this Sun will rise again at the destruction of this form either darkened and eclipsed or luminous and shining the"

   Source in Repentance →

Book 40: The Book of the Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din

1. "this moon. You will not be troubled in seeing Him. If you can avoid being overcome in prayer before the rising and setting of the sun, do so. Then he recited, And exalt your Lord with praise before the rising of the sun and before"

   Source in The Book of the Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife →

Volume Two: From India to the Lands of the West

Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta

1. "be sent shackled to the court. They gathered at my house, and Aziz accused Shams al-Din of several grievances, one being that Shams' servant Rida al-Multani stayed in the mentioned Aziz's keeper's"

   Source in Volume Two →

2. "arisen between the emir of these lands, Shams al-Din al-Badakhshani, and its governor, Aziz al-Khamar. Shams al-Din came to fight him, but Aziz resisted in his residence. A complaint reached the"

   Source in Volume Two →