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Surah An-Nur, Ayah 41 (24:41)

ٱلنُّور

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلطَّيْرُ صَٰٓفَّٰتٍ ۖ كُلٌّ قَدْ …

Quran 24:41 is ayah 41 of Surah An-Nur (“The Light”), a Medinan surah of 64 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 355 of the Madani Mushaf.

24:41
أَلَمْتَرَأَنَّٱللَّهَيُسَبِّحُلَهُۥمَنفِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِوَٱلطَّيْرُصَٰٓفَّٰتٍ ۖكُلٌّقَدْعَلِمَصَلَاتَهُۥوَتَسْبِيحَهُۥ ۗوَٱللَّهُعَلِيمٌۢبِمَايَفْعَلُونَ٤١
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

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.(41)

Word by word

  1. أَلَمْalamDo not
  2. تَرَtarayou see
  3. أَنَّannathat
  4. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  5. يُسَبِّحُyusabbiḥuglorify
  6. لَهُۥlahuHim
  7. مَنmanwhoever
  8. فِىfī(is) in
  9. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
  10. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
  11. وَٱلطَّيْرُwal-ṭayruand the birds
  12. صَٰٓفَّٰتٍ ۖṣāffātin(with) wings outspread
  13. كُلٌّkullunEach one
  14. قَدْqadverily
  15. عَلِمَʿalimaknows
  16. صَلَاتَهُۥṣalātahuits prayer
  17. وَتَسْبِيحَهُۥ ۗwatasbīḥahuand its glorification
  18. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  19. عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
  20. بِمَاbimāof what
  21. يَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūnathey do

Tafsir (commentary) of 24:41

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This commentary explains ayahs 24:41–42 together.

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:

تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ السَّمَـوَتُ السَّبْعُ وَالاٌّرْضُ وَمَن فِيهِنَّ

(The seven heavens and the earth and all that is therein, glorify Him) 17:44,

وَالطَّيْرُ صَآفَّـتٍ

(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:

كُلٌّ قَدْ عَلِمَ صَلاَتَهُ وَتَسْبِيحَهُ

(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:

وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ

(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.

وَإِلَى اللَّهِ الْمَصِيرُ

(and to Allah is the return) means, on the Day of Resurrection, when He will judge as He wills,

لِيَجْزِىَ الَّذِينَ أَسَاءُواْ بِمَا عَمِلُواْ

(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.

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