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Al-Hajj 18

Ayah 18 of 78 · Medinan

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَسۡجُدُۤ لَهُۥۤ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ وَٱلنُّجُومُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ وَٱلدَّوَآبُّ وَكَثِيرٞ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِۖ وَكَثِيرٌ حَقَّ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡعَذَابُۗ وَمَن يُهِنِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن مُّكۡرِمٍۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفۡعَلُ مَا يَشَآءُ۩ ١٨

Do you not see [i.e., know] that to Allāh 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.1 And he whom Allāh humiliates - for him there is no bestower of honor. Indeed, Allāh does what He wills.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 And therefore decreed.

22:18Ayah of prostrationRead the surah from here

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَلَمۡDo notalam
  2. تَرَyou seetara
  3. أَنَّthatanna
  4. ٱللَّهَ(to) Allahl-laha
  5. يَسۡجُدُۤprostratesyasjudu
  6. لَهُۥۤto Himlahu
  7. مَنwhoeverman
  8. فِي(is) infī
  9. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِthe heavensl-samāwāti
  10. وَمَنand whoeverwaman
  11. فِي(is) infī
  12. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  13. وَٱلشَّمۡسُand the sunwal-shamsu
  14. وَٱلۡقَمَرُand the moonwal-qamaru
  15. وَٱلنُّجُومُand the starswal-nujūmu
  16. وَٱلۡجِبَالُand the mountainswal-jibālu
  17. وَٱلشَّجَرُand the treeswal-shajaru
  18. وَٱلدَّوَآبُّand the moving creatureswal-dawābu
  19. وَكَثِيرٞand manywakathīrun
  20. مِّنَofmina
  21. ٱلنَّاسِۖthe peoplel-nāsi
  22. وَكَثِيرٌBut many wakathīrun
  23. حَقَّ(is) justly dueḥaqqa
  24. عَلَيۡهِon himʿalayhi
  25. ٱلۡعَذَابُۗthe punishmentl-ʿadhābu
  26. وَمَنAnd whoeverwaman
  27. يُهِنِAllah humiliatesyuhini
  28. ٱللَّهُAllah humiliatesl-lahu
  29. فَمَاthen notfamā
  30. لَهُۥfor himlahu
  31. مِنanymin
  32. مُّكۡرِمٍۚbestower of honormuk'rimin
  33. إِنَّIndeedinna
  34. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  35. يَفۡعَلُdoesyafʿalu
  36. مَاwhatmā
  37. يَشَآءُ۩He willsyashāu

Tafsir

O Messenger, do you not know that to Allah prostrate, out of obedience, the angels in the heavens and the believing humans and jinns on earth, and the sun, moon, stars in the sky, the mountains, trees, and creatures on earth, compliantly? And many humans prostrate to Him out of obedience. But many refuse to prostrate to Him out of obedience, thus the punishment of Allah became established for them due to their disbelief. Whoever Allah decrees disgrace and shame for, due to his disbelief, has nobody to honour him. Allah does what He wishes. There is nobody to compel Him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran