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An-Nahl (The Bee)

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وَلِلَّهِ يَسْجُدُ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِن دَآبَّةٍۢ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ﴿٤٩

Translation (Sahih International)

And to Allah prostrates whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth of creatures, and the angels [as well], and they are not arrogant.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd to Allah
يَسْجُدُyasjuduprostrate
مَاwhatever
فِى(is) in
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
وَمَاwamāand whatever
فِى(is) in
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
مِنminof
دَآبَّةٍۢdābbatinmoving creatures
وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُwal-malāikatuand the Angels
وَهُمْwahumand they
لَا(are) not
يَسْتَكْبِرُونَyastakbirūnaarrogant

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Everything prostrates to AllahAllah informs us about His might, majesty and pride, meaning that all things submit themselves to Him and every created being - animate and inanimate, as well as the responsible - humans and Jinns, and the angels - all humble themselves before Him. He tells us that everything that has a shadow leaning to the right and the left, i.e., in the morning and the evening, is by its shadow, prostrating to Allah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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