وَٱلنَّجۡمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسۡجُدَانِ ٦
And the stars and trees prostrate.1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 They submit obediently to the laws of Allāh. See 22:18. An additional meaning of "najm" is vegetation of a kind without a trunk, stalk or stem.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَٱلنَّجۡمُAnd the starswal-najmu
- وَٱلشَّجَرُand the treeswal-shajaru
- يَسۡجُدَانِboth prostrateyasjudāni
Tafsir
Plants that do not have a stem and trees prostrate to Allah, (may He be glorified), in submission and surrender to Him.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran