Quran 22:18 — Al-Hajj, verse 18
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do you not realize [Prophet] that everything in the heavens and earth submits to God: the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, and the animals? So do many human beings, though for many others punishment is well deserved. Anyone disgraced by God will have no one to honour him: God does whatever He will.
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
alam tara anna l-laha yasjudu lahu man fī l-samāwāti waman fī l-arḍi wal-shamsu wal-qamaru wal-nujūmu wal-jibālu wal-shajaru wal-dawābu wakathīrun mina l-nāsi wakathīrun ḥaqqa ʿalayhi l-ʿadhābu waman yuhini l-lahu famā lahu min muk'rimin inna l-laha yafʿalu mā yashāu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Hast thou not seen how to God bow all who are in the and all who are in the earth, heavens the sun and the moon, the stars and the mountains, the trees and the beasts, and many of mankind? And many merit the chastisement; and whom God abases, there is none to honour him. God does whatsoever He will.
- Muhammad Asad
- ART THOU NOT aware that before God prostrate themselves all [things and beings] that are in the heavens and all that are on earth the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and the mountains, and the trees, and the beasts? And many human beings [submit to God consciously], whereas many [others, having defied Him,] will inevitably have to suffer [in the life to come]; 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.
- Sahih International
- Do you not see [i.e., know] that to Allāh prostrates whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth and the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, the moving creatures and many of the people? But upon many the punishment has been justified. And he whom Allāh humiliates - for him there is no bestower of honor. Indeed, Allāh does what He wills.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَلَمْalam | Do not | — |
| 2 | تَرَtara | you see | رأي |
| 3 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 4 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | (to) Allah | أله |
| 5 | يَسْجُدُyasjudu | prostrates | سجد |
| 6 | لَهُۥlahu | to Him | — |
| 7 | مَنman | whoever | — |
| 8 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 9 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | the heavens | سمو |
| 10 | وَمَنwaman | and whoever | — |
| 11 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 12 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 13 | وَٱلشَّمْسُwal-shamsu | and the sun | شمس |
| 14 | وَٱلْقَمَرُwal-qamaru | and the moon | قمر |
| 15 | وَٱلنُّجُومُwal-nujūmu | and the stars | نجم |
| 16 | وَٱلْجِبَالُwal-jibālu | and the mountains | جبل |
| 17 | وَٱلشَّجَرُwal-shajaru | and the trees | شجر |
| 18 | وَٱلدَّوَآبُّwal-dawābu | and the moving creatures | دبب |
| 19 | وَكَثِيرٌۭwakathīrun | and many | كثر |
| 20 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 21 | ٱلنَّاسِ ۖl-nāsi | the people | نوس |
| 22 | وَكَثِيرٌwakathīrun | But many | كثر |
| 23 | حَقَّḥaqqa | (is) justly due | حقق |
| 24 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | on him | — |
| 25 | ٱلْعَذَابُ ۗl-ʿadhābu | the punishment | عذب |
| 26 | وَمَنwaman | And whoever | — |
| 27 | يُهِنِyuhini | Allah humiliates | هون |
| 28 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah humiliates | أله |
| 29 | فَمَاfamā | then not | — |
| 30 | لَهُۥlahu | for him | — |
| 31 | مِنmin | any | — |
| 32 | مُّكْرِمٍ ۚmuk'rimin | bestower of honor | كرم |
| 33 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 34 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 35 | يَفْعَلُyafʿalu | does | فعل |
| 36 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 37 | يَشَآءُ ۩yashāu | He wills | شيأ |