Surah 22. Al-Hajj, Ayah 18
| أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَسْجُدُ لَهُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَالشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ وَالنُّجُومُ وَالْجِبَالُ وَالشَّجَرُ وَالدَّوَابُّ وَكَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِ الْعَذَابُ ۗ وَمَنْ يُهِنِ اللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ مُكْرِمٍ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَاءُ ۩ |
| Transliteration | : | 'a- lam tara 'anna 'allaah yasjud la- -hu man fe as- samaawaat wa- man fe al- 'ard. wa- ash- shams wa- al- qamar wa- an- nujom wa- al- jibaal wa- ash- shajar wa- ad- dawaabb wa- kather min an- naas wa- kather h.aqqa calay -hi al- cadhaab wa- man yuhin 'allaah fa- maa la- -hu min mukrim 'inna 'allaah yafcal maa yashaa' |
| Pickthall | : | Hast thou not seen that unto Allah payeth adoration whosoever is in the heavens and whosoever is in the earth, and the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and the hills, and the trees, and the beasts, and many of mankind, while there are many unto whom the doom is justly due. He whom Allah scorneth, there is none to give him honor. Lo! Allah doeth what He will. |
| Asad | : | ART THOU NOT aware that before God prostrate themselves all [things and beings] that are in the heavens and all that are on earth21 - the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and the mountains, and the trees, and the beasts? And many human beings [submit to God con-sciously],22 whereas many [others, having defied Him,will inevitably have to suffer [in the life to come];23 and he whom God shall scorn [on Resurrection Day] will have none who could bestow honour on him: for, verily, God does what He wills. |
| Malik | : | Do you not see how all who dwell in the heavens and the earth bow down in worship to Allah, including the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, the animals, and a large number of people, even a large number of those deserving the punishment. He who is humbled by Allah has none who can raise him to honor; surely Allah does what He pleases. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Seest thou not that to Allah bow down in worship all things that are in the heavens and on earth the sun the moon the stars; the hills the trees the animals; and a great number among mankind? But a great number are (also) such as are fit for Punishment: and such as Allah shall disgrace none can rise to honor: for Allah carries out all that He wills. 2790 2791 |
Note - 22According to Zamakhshari and Razi, this interpolated
phrase - with its stress on "consciously"-is an
elliptically implied predicate (khabar) linked with the
preceding nominal subject (mabtada'): the purport being
that although everything in creation "prostrates itself"
before God, willingly or unwillingly (cf. 13:15), not
all human beings do so consciously.
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Note - 23Lit., "whereas upon many a one the suffering [in the li75
This is apparently an allusion to the fleets of sailing
ships which brought untold riches to Palestine ("the land
which We had blessed") and made Solomon's wealth
proverbial.
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Note - 2790Cf. xxi. 79, and n. 2733. All created things, animate and
inanimate, depend on Allah for their existence, and this
dependence can be construed as their Sajda or bowing down
in worship. Their very existence proclaims their
dependence. How can they be objects of worship? For haqqa
in this verse. Cf. xv. 64, n. 1990.
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Note - 2791Cf. xxii, 16. There the argument was that those who work
in harmony with Allah's Law and Will will get their
reward, for Allah always carries out His Plan. Here is
the Parallel argument: those who defy Allah's Will must
suffer pain and disgrace, for Allah is well able to carry
out His Will.
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For the meaning of this "prostration", see 13:15 and {16:48-49}, and the corresponding notes. My rendering of the relative pronoun man, in this context, as "all [things and beingsl that..." is explained in note [33] on 13:15. |
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According to Zamakhshari and Razi, this interpolated phrase - with its stress on "consciously"-is an elliptically implied predicate (khabar) linked with the preceding nominal subject (mabtada'): the purport being that although everything in creation "prostrates itself" before God, willingly or unwillingly (cf. 13:15), not all human beings do so consciously. |
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Cf. xxi. 79, and n. 2733. All created things, animate and inanimate, depend on Allah for their existence, and this dependence can be construed as their Sajda or bowing down in worship. Their very existence proclaims their dependence. How can they be objects of worship? For haqqa in this verse. Cf. xv. 64, n. 1990. |
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Cf. xxii, 16. There the argument was that those who work in harmony with Allah's Law and Will will get their reward, for Allah always carries out His Plan. Here is the Parallel argument: those who defy Allah's Will must suffer pain and disgrace, for Allah is well able to carry out His Will. |
