In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.

Allah, The Most High, said:

وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ وَالشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ لا تَسْجُدُوا لِلشَّمْسِ وَلا لِلْقَمَرِ وَاسْجُدُوا لِلَّهِ الَّذِي خَلَقَهُنَّ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ

And from among His Signs are the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. Prostrate not to the sun nor to the moon, but prostrate to Allah Who created them, if you (really) worship Him. [Fussilat 37]

“Among His signs”—which point to the perfection of His power, His all-encompassing Will, His (perfect) boundless authority, and His mercy toward His servants, and (which shows) that He is Allah, alone, without any partner—are “the night and the day”.

This one benefits through its light and the activities of the servants (of the Lord) within it, while that one benefits through its darkness and the (source) of rest it provides for the creation.

(And among His signs) are “the sun and the moon”, without which the livelihoods of the servants (of the Lord) could not be sustained, neither their bodies, nor the bodies of their animals, and through them are Masalih (sources of welfare) whose numbers cannot be enumerated.

So, “Prostrate not to the sun nor to the moon,” for indeed, they are under (the Lord’s absolute control), subjected, and created.

“But prostrate to Allah who created them”,  meaning: worship Him alone, for He is the Al-Khaliq Al-Adheem. [Footnote a]

Abandon the worship of (any) created thing that is worshipped besides Him, even if its size is great and its (source) of welfare is numerous, for indeed that (source of welfare) does not originate from it, but rather from its Creator—Blessed and Most High.

“If you (really) worship Him” then single Him out for worship and devote (all) the religion sincerely to Him alone. (1)

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Footnote a: Al-Al-Khaaliq:

The Creator and Maker of everything. The One Who brought everything into existence after it had previously not existed. The One Who has always had the attribute of being The Creator even when there was no creation in existence.

This is a fine point that Shaikh-ul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah (rahimahullaah) brought and made clear that Allaah did not become The Creator when He created – when the creation came into existence – rather He has always been The Creator. This has always been His Attribute. So He did not gain this attribute upon the arrival of the creation, rather He has always had this attribute.

Al-‘Adheem:

The Tremendous One, or The Magnificent. The One Tremendous in Greatness, and The Only One deservingly held in awe and venerated by the creation for His Greatness in every sense. (2)

(1) An Excerpt from “Tafseer As-Sadi”

(2) An Excerpt from the explanation of the Names and Attributes of Allah by Shaikh Abu Talhah (Dawud Burbank)- may Allah have mercy upon him and his wife.