Quran 24:41 — An-Noor, verse 41
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Prophet], do you not see that all those who are in the heavens and earth praise God, as do the birds with wings outstretched? Each knows its [own way] of prayer and glorification: God has full knowledge of what they do.
أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالطَّيْرُ صَافَّاتٍ ۖ كُلٌّ قَدْ عَلِمَ صَلَاتَهُ وَتَسْبِيحَهُ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ
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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Hast thou not seen how that whatsoever is in the heavens and in the earth extols God, and the birds spreading their wings? Each -- He knows its prayer and its extolling; and God knows the things they do.
- Muhammad Asad
- ART THOU NOT aware that it is God whose limitless glory all [creatures] that are in the heavens and on earth extol, even the birds as they spread out their wings? Each [of them] knows indeed how to pray unto Him and to glorify Him; and God has full knowledge of all that they do:
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَلَمْalam | Do not | — |
| 2 | تَرَtara | you see | رأي |
| 3 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 4 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 5 | يُسَبِّحُyusabbiḥu | glorify | سبح |
| 6 | لَهُۥlahu | Him | — |
| 7 | مَنman | whoever | — |
| 8 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 9 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | the heavens | سمو |
| 10 | وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍi | and the earth | أرض |
| 11 | وَٱلطَّيْرُwal-ṭayru | and the birds | طير |
| 12 | صَـٰٓفَّـٰتٍۢ ۖṣāffātin | (with) wings outspread | صفف |
| 13 | كُلٌّۭkullun | Each one | كلل |
| 14 | قَدْqad | verily | — |
| 15 | عَلِمَʿalima | knows | علم |
| 16 | صَلَاتَهُۥṣalātahu | its prayer | صلو |
| 17 | وَتَسْبِيحَهُۥ ۗwatasbīḥahu | and its glorification | سبح |
| 18 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 19 | عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun | (is) All-Knower | علم |
| 20 | بِمَاbimā | of what | — |
| 21 | يَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūna | they do | فعل |