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SAJADA:
7:206 - Those who are near to thy Lord disdain not to do Him worship: They celebrate His praises
and bow down before Him. 11761177
1176 The higher you are in spiritual attainment, the more is your desire and your opportunity to serve and worship your Lord
and Cherisher and the Lord and Cherisher of all the worlds: and the greater is your pride in that service and that
worship. (7.206)
1177 At this stage a Sajda or prostration is indicated, as a sign of our humble acceptance of the privilege of serving and
worshipping Allah,-a fitting close to Sura in which we are led, through a contemplation of the stories of the
Messengers of Allah, to the meaning of revelation and its relation to our moral and spiritual progress. (7.206)
13:15 - Whatever beings there are in the heavens and the earth do prostrate themselves to Allah
(acknowledging subjection) with good will or in spite of themselves: so do their shadows in the
mornings and evenings. 1824182518261827
1824 Notice that the original of what I have translated "whatever being" is the personal pronoun man, not ma. This then
refers to beings with a personality, e.g., angels, spirits, human beings, and possibly other things of objective (not
necessarily material) existence, as contrasted with their Shadows or Simulacra or Appearances, or Phantasms,
mentioned at the end of the verse. Both these Beings and their Shadows are subject to the Will of Allah. See notes
1825 and 1827. (13.15)
1825 "Prostrate themselves": the posture means that they recognise their subjection to Allah's Will and Law, whether they
wish it or not. (13.15)
1826 "In spite of themselves": Satan and Evil. They would like to get away from the control of the All-good Allah, but they
cannot, and they have to acknowledge His supremacy and lordship over them. (13.15)
1827 Even the Shadows-creations of the Imagination, or projections from other things and dependent on the other things for
their existence, as shadows are to substance- even such shadows are subject to Allah's Laws and Will, and cannot
arise or have any effect on our minds except by His permission. The Shadows are longest and therefore most
prominent when the sun is level, and tend to disappear as the sun approaches the zenith. But even when they are
longest and most prominent, they are still subject to Allah's Will and Law. (13.15)
16:50 - They all revere their Lord high above them and they do all that they are commanded. 2076
2076 Allah is so high above the highest of His creatures, that they all look up to him in awe and reverence. And they joyfully
do their duty in serving Him. This is the meaning of the "fear of the Lord." (16.50)
17:109 - They fall down on their faces in tears and it increases their (earnest) humility. 2320
2320 A feeling of earnest humility comes to the man who realises how, in spite of his own unworthiness, he is brought, by
Allah's Mercy, into touch with the most sublime Truths. Such a man is touched with the deepest emotion, which finds
its outlet in tears. (17.109)
19:58 - Those were some of the prophets on whom Allah did bestow His Grace of the posterity of
Adam and of those whom We carried (in the Ark) with Noah and of the posterity of Abraham
and Israel of those whom We guided and chose; whenever the Signs of (Allah) Most Gracious
were rehearsed to them they would fall down in prostrate adoration and in tears. 25092510
2509 The earlier generations are grouped into three epochs from a religious point of view: (1) from Adam to Noah, (2) from
Noah to Abraham, and (3) from Abraham to an indefinite time, say to the time when the Message of Allah was
corrupted and the need arose for the final Messenger of Unity and Truth. Israel is another name for Jacob. (19.58)
2510 The original is in the Aorist tense, implying that the "Posterity" alluded to includes not only the messengers but their
worthy followers who are true to Allah and uphold His standard. (19.58)
22:18 - 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. 27902791
2790 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. (22.18)
2791 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. (22.18)
22:77 - O ye who believe! bow down prostrate yourselves and adore your Lord; and do good; that
ye may prosper. 2860
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