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Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)

Verse 18of 78

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَسْجُدُ لَهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ وَٱلنُّجُومُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ وَٱلدَّوَآبُّ وَكَثِيرٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۗ وَمَن يُهِنِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن مُّكْرِمٍ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۩﴿١٨

Translation (Sahih International)

Do you not see that to Allah prostrates whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth and the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, the moving creatures and many of the people? But upon many the punishment has been justified. And he whom Allah humiliates - for him there is no bestower of honor. Indeed, Allah does what He wills.

Word-by-word meaning

أَلَمْalamDo not
تَرَtarayou see
أَنَّannathat
ٱللَّهَl-laha(to) Allah
يَسْجُدُyasjuduprostrates
لَهُۥlahuto Him
مَنmanwhoever
فِى(is) in
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
وَمَنwamanand whoever
فِى(is) in
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
وَٱلشَّمْسُwal-shamsuand the sun
وَٱلْقَمَرُwal-qamaruand the moon
وَٱلنُّجُومُwal-nujūmuand the stars
وَٱلْجِبَالُwal-jibāluand the mountains
وَٱلشَّجَرُwal-shajaruand the trees
وَٱلدَّوَآبُّwal-dawābuand the moving creatures
وَكَثِيرٌۭwakathīrunand many
مِّنَminaof
ٱلنَّاسِ ۖl-nāsithe people
وَكَثِيرٌwakathīrunBut many
حَقَّḥaqqa(is) justly due
عَلَيْهِʿalayhion him
ٱلْعَذَابُ ۗl-ʿadhābuthe punishment
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
يُهِنِyuhiniAllah humiliates
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah humiliates
فَمَاfamāthen not
لَهُۥlahufor him
مِنminany
مُّكْرِمٍ ۚmuk'riminbestower of honor
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يَفْعَلُyafʿaludoes
مَاwhat
يَشَآءُ ۩yashāuHe wills

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Everything prostrates to AllahAllah tells us that He alone, with no partner or associate, is deserving of worship. Everything prostrates to His might, willingly or unwillingly, and everything prostrates in a manner that befits its nature, as Allah says:أَوَ لَمْيَرَوْاْ إِلَىخَلَقَ اللَّهُ مِن شَىْءٍ يَتَفَيَّأُ ظِلَـلُهُ عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَالْشَّمَآئِلِ سُجَّدًا لِلَّهِ وَهُمْ(Have they not observed things that Allah has created: (how) their shadows incline to the right and to the left, making p...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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