Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (And the star and the tree prostrate)
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Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (And the star and the tree prostrate)
Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Rahman: 6] (The star) is a generic term, and what is meant by it is the stars prostrating to Allah, Mighty and Majestic. These upper stars that we observe in the sky prostrate to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, in a true prostration, but we do not know its manner; because this is among the matters that the minds cannot grasp, the tree prostrates to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, in a true prostration, but we do not know how that is, as He, Mighty and Majestic, said: [Al-Isra: 44] .
So, the star means all the stars, and the tree means all the trees on earth prostrate to Allah, Mighty and Majestic,Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Hajj: 18] Many people contrast it with: [Al-Hajj: 18] so they do not prostrate to Allah.
Therefore: (The star) means: the stars, and (the tree) means: the trees. Do they prostrate truly or figuratively? Truly. In what manner do they prostrate? Allah knows best, we do not know, and Allah is Able over all things.
Now, look at the trees when the sun rises; their leaves turn toward the sun. You see it with your own eyes, and as it rises, the trees rise, and when it leans toward the setting, they also lean. This is what we observe, but this is not the prostration; rather, the true prostration is not known.
Allah the Exalted said:
And the stars and trees prostrate.
وَالنَّجْمُ وَالشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِThe seven heavens and the earth and whatever is in them exalt Him. And there is not a thing except that it exalts [Allah] by His praise, but you do not understand their [way of] exalting
تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ السَّمَاوَاتُ السَّبْعُ وَالْأَرْضُ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ وَإِنْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا يُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِهِ وَلَكِنْ لا تَفْقَهُونَ تَسْبِيحَهُمْSo, the star means all the stars, and the tree means all the trees on earth prostrate to Allah, Mighty and Majestic,Allah the Exalted said:
Do you not see that to Allah 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?
أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَسْجُدُ لَهُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَالشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ وَالنُّجُومُ وَالْجِبَالُ وَالشَّجَرُ وَالدَّوُابُّ وَكَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِBut upon many the punishment has been justified
وَكَثِيرٌ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِ الْعَذَابُTherefore: (The star) means: the stars, and (the tree) means: the trees. Do they prostrate truly or figuratively? Truly. In what manner do they prostrate? Allah knows best, we do not know, and Allah is Able over all things.
Now, look at the trees when the sun rises; their leaves turn toward the sun. You see it with your own eyes, and as it rises, the trees rise, and when it leans toward the setting, they also lean. This is what we observe, but this is not the prostration; rather, the true prostration is not known.