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An-Nur 41

Ayah 41 of 64 · Medinan

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱلطَّيۡرُ صَٰٓفَّٰتٖۖ كُلّٞ قَدۡ عَلِمَ صَلَاتَهُۥ وَتَسۡبِيحَهُۥۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمُۢ بِمَا يَفۡعَلُونَ ٤١

Do you not see that Allāh is exalted by whomever is within the heavens and the earth and [by] the birds with wings spread [in flight]? Each [of them] has known his [means of] prayer and exalting [Him], and Allāh is Knowing of what they do.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَلَمۡDo notalam
  2. تَرَyou seetara
  3. أَنَّthatanna
  4. ٱللَّهَAllah l-laha
  5. يُسَبِّحُglorifyyusabbiḥu
  6. لَهُۥHimlahu
  7. مَنwhoeverman
  8. فِي(is) infī
  9. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِthe heavensl-samāwāti
  10. وَٱلۡأَرۡضِand the earthwal-arḍi
  11. وَٱلطَّيۡرُand the birdswal-ṭayru
  12. صَٰٓفَّٰتٖۖ(with) wings outspreadṣāffātin
  13. كُلّٞEach onekullun
  14. قَدۡverilyqad
  15. عَلِمَknowsʿalima
  16. صَلَاتَهُۥits prayerṣalātahu
  17. وَتَسۡبِيحَهُۥۗand its glorificationwatasbīḥahu
  18. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  19. عَلِيمُۢ(is) All-Knowerʿalīmun
  20. بِمَاof whatbimā
  21. يَفۡعَلُونَthey doyafʿalūna

Tafsir

O Messenger! Do you not know that all the inhabitants of the heavens and earth from the creation of Allah, glorify Him? The birds that fly in formation also glorify Him. Of all those creations, Allah knows of the prayer of every one who prays, i.e. the human; and the glorification of every one that glorifies Him, i.e. the birds. Allah is all-aware of what they do, no action of theirs is hidden from Him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran