Surah 24 An-Noor — Ayah 41
أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلطَّيْرُ صَٰٓفَّٰتٍۢ ۖ كُلٌّۭ قَدْ عَلِمَ صَلَاتَهُۥ وَتَسْبِيحَهُۥ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ
A nuk e di për All-llahun se Atij i lutet kush është në qiej e tokë, madje edhe shpezët krahhapura. Të gjithë e dinë dhe janë të udhëzuara në lutje ndaj Tij dhe për madhërimin e Tij. All-llahu e di ç’punojnë ata.
alam tara anna l-laha yusabbiḥu lahu man fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wal-ṭayru ṣāffātin kullun qad ʿalima ṣalātahu watasbīḥahu wal-lahu ʿalīmun bimā yafʿalūna
Word by word
- أَلَمْ alam Do not
- تَرَ tara you see
- أَنَّ anna that
- ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
- يُسَبِّحُ yusabbiḥu glorify
- لَهُۥ lahu Him
- مَن man whoever
- فِى fī (is) in
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ l-samāwāti the heavens
- وَٱلْأَرْضِ wal-arḍi and the earth
- وَٱلطَّيْرُ wal-ṭayru and the birds
- صَـٰٓفَّـٰتٍۢ ۖ ṣāffātin (with) wings outspread
- كُلٌّۭ kullun Each one
- قَدْ qad verily
- عَلِمَ ʿalima knows
- صَلَاتَهُۥ ṣalātahu its prayer
- وَتَسْبِيحَهُۥ ۗ watasbīḥahu and its glorification
- وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah
- عَلِيمٌۢ ʿalīmun (is) All-Knower
- بِمَا bimā of what
- يَفْعَلُونَ yafʿalūna they do
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Everything glorifies Allah, may He be exalted, and to Him belongs the Sovereignty
Allah tells us that whosoever is in the heavens and on the earth, i.e., the angels, mankind, Jinn, animals and even inanimate objects, all glorify Him. This is like the Ayah:
(The seven heavens and the earth and all that is therein, glorify Him) 17:44,
(and the birds with wings outspread) means, while they are flying they glorify their Lord and worship Him with the glorification with which they are inspired and to which they are guided. Allah knows what they are doing, and so He says:
(Of each one He knows indeed his Salah and his glorification;) meaning, He has guided every creature to its own way of worshipping Allah, may He be glorified. Then Allah tells us that He knows all of that and nothing at all is hidden from Him. He says:
(and Allah is All-Aware of what they do.) Then Allah tells us that to Him belongs the sovereignty of heaven and earth, and that He is the Ruler and Controller, the God Who is worshipped and besides Whom none other is to be worshipped, and there is none to put back His judgement.
(and to Allah is the return) means, on the Day of Resurrection, when He will judge as He wills,
(that He may requite those who do evil with that which they have done...) 53:31 He is the Creator and Sovereign, and His is indeed the Authority in this world and the next. To Him be praise at the beginning and in the end.