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.
— Saheeh International
Do you not see that Allah is glorified by all those in the heavens and the earth, even the birds as they soar? Each ˹instinctively˺ knows their manner of prayer and glorification. And Allah has ˹perfect˺ knowledge of all they do.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
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 السَّمَوَتُ السَّبْعُ وَالاٌّر
…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
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