# 55. Surah Ar-Rahman, Verse 6 - **Surah:** 55. Surah Ar-Rahman (The Beneficent) — سورة الرحمن - **Verse:** 6 / 78 · **Juz:** 27 · **Mushaf page:** 530 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-ar-rahman/verse-6 ## Arabic وَالنَّجْمُ وَالشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ ## Transcription Wannajmu washshajaru yasjudan ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley The shrubs and the trees all bow down in prostration. ### Progressive Muslims And the stars and the trees submit. ### Shabbir Ahmed The stars and the trees all adore Him (and follow His Laws). ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation And the star and the tree submit. ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation And the stars and the trees are yielding. ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament The stars and the trees prostrate. ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira And the grasses and the trees bow (to Him) in adoration. ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) And the stars and trees prostrate. ### Muhammad Asad [before Him] prostrate them­selves the stars and the trees. ### Marmaduke Pickthall The stars and the trees prostrate. ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary and the stars[1] and the trees all prostrate themselves,[2] _Footnotes_ - [1] The word used in the original is an-najm, the wellknown meaning of which is the star; but in the Arabic lexicon this word is also used for the plants and creepers which do not have a stem, e.g. vegetable, melons, water melons, etc. The commentators disagree about the sense in which this word has been used here. Ibn Abbas, Saed bin Jubair, Suddi, and Sufyan Thauri have taken it in the meaning of stemless vegetation, for just after it the word ash-shajar (the tree) has been used and this meaning is more relevant to it. On the contrary, Mujahid, Qatadah and Hasan Basri have expressed the opinion that an-najm here does not imply the plants of the earth, but the stars of the sky, as this is its well-known meaning. On hearing this word, the mind first turns to this very meaning, and the mention of the sun and the moon has been followed by the stars very naturally and relevantly. Though the majority of the commentators and translators have preferred the first meaning, and it cannot be held wrong either, we hold Hafiz Ibn Kathir’s this opinion as sound that in view of both the language and the subject-matter the second meaning seems to be preferable. At another place in the Quran (Surah Al- Hajj, Ayat 18) mention has also been made of the stars and the trees prostrating themselves, and there the word nujum (pl. of najm) cannot be taken in any other meaning than of the stars. The words of the verse are: Alam tara annallaha yasjudu lahu man fis smawati wa man fil ardi wash-shamsu wal-qamaru wanujumu wal jibalu wash-shajaru wad-da wabbu wa kathirum-min-annasi. In this verse nujum (stars) have been mentioned along with shams (sun) and qamar (moon), and shajar (trees) along with mountains and animals and it has been said that they all bow down to Allah. - [2] That is, the stars of the heavens and the trees of the earth, all are subject to Allah’s command and obedient to His law. They cannot exceed the rule that has been set for them. What is meant to be impressed in these two verses is that the whole system of the universe has been created by Allah and is functioning in His obedience. Nothing from the earth to the heavens is independent, nor functioning under another’s godhead, nor has anyone any share in God’s kingdom, nor has anyone the position that it should be made a deity. All are servants and slaves: the Master is One Almighty Lord alone. Hence, Tauhid alone is the truth which is being taught by this Quran. Apart from this, any one who is involved in polytheism and denial of God is, in fact, at war with the whole system of the universe. ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab And the stars and all that is in the heaven and the trees and all that is on earth bow to Him in adoration and prostrate their reason to Divine Omnipotence. ### Bijan Moeinian Everything from] stars to trees are obeying the will of God. ### Al-Hilali & Khan And the herbs (or stars) and the trees both prostrate themselves (to Allah - See V.22:18) (Tafsir Ibn Kathir) ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali And the herbs and the trees - both (alike) prostrate in adoration. ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran The stars and the trees bow down ˹in submission˺.[1] ### Taqi Usmani And the vine and the tree both prostrate (to Allah). ### Abdul Haleem the plants and the trees submit to His designs; ### Arthur John Arberry and the stars and the trees bow themselves; ### E. Henry Palmer The herbs and the trees adore; ### Hamid S. Aziz And the stars (or herds of animals) and the trees do adore (Him). ### Mahmoud Ghali And the star and the trees prostrate themselves. ### George Sale And the vegetables which creep on the ground, and the trees submit to his disposition. ### Syed Vickar Ahamed And the herbs (also the term for galaxy of stars) and the trees —Both prostrate (bow) themselves in respect (to Allah); ### Amatul Rahman Omar And the stemless plants and the trees humbly submit (to His will); ### Ali Quli Qarai and the herb and the tree prostrate [to Allah]. ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü Necm (yıldız - fikirler) ve ağaç (beden) secdededirler (Esma indinde "yokluk" halindedirler). ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı Bitki ve ağaç (O'na) secde etmektedirler. ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali Yıldızlar ve ağaçlar secde ederler. ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali Otlar ve ağaçlar (Allah'a) boyun eğerler. ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Çemen, ağaç secdedan ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) çemen, ağaç secde eder dururlar. ### Gültekin Onan Bitki ve ağaç (O'na) secde etmektedirler. ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim Sakı olmayan nebat da, ağaç da (Ona) secde ederler. ### İbni Kesir Bitkiler ve ağaçlar da secde ederler. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı yıldızlar ve ağaçlar (O'nun önünde) yere kapanırlar. ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı Bitkiler, ağaçlar da boyun eğerler. ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Necm (bitkiler, yıldızlar) ve ağaçlar (Allah'a) secde etmektedirler. ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali Çimen/yıldız ve ağaç secde ediyorlar. ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an Gövdesiz ve gövdeli bitkiler O'nun emrine boyun eğerler. ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Bitkiler[1] ve ağaçlar, ikisi de secde[2] ederler. _Footnotes_ - [1] Veya yıldızlar. Necm, yıldız anlamının yanı sıra bitki anlamına da gelmektedir. - [2] Boyun eğerler, kendilerine konan yasalara göre varlıklarını sürdürürler. ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek Yıldızlar ve ağaçlar secde ederler. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Yıldızlar ve ağaçlar; her ikisi de Allah'a secde ederler[1]. _Footnotes_ - [1] Deklinasyon açısı. İnsan, başka hiçbir yardımcıya ihtiyaç duymadan gündüz gölgelere bakarak saati; gece ayın yerine bakarak takvimi okuyabilir. ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir Bitkiler[1] ve ağaçlar da secde etmektedir. _Footnotes_ - [1] Bu ayette geçen [en-necm] kelimesi yıldız değil, gövdesiz bitkiler demektir. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Bitkiler[1] ve ağaçlar, ikisi de secde[2] ederler. _Footnotes_ - [1] Veya yıldızlar. Necm, yıldız anlamının yanı sıra bitki anlamına da gelmektedir. - [2] Boyun eğerler, kendilerine konan yasalara göre varlıklarını sürdürürler. ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an Bitkiler[1] ve ağaçlar, ikisi de secde[2] ederler. _Footnotes_ - [1] Veya yıldızlar. Necm, yıldız anlamının yanı sıra bitki anlamına da gelmektedir. - [2] Boyun eğerler, kendilerine konan yasalara göre varlıklarını sürdürürler. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali O yıldız[1] ve ağaçlar secde eder /boyun eğerler.[2] _Footnotes_ - [1] [Nahl 16/16,](https://quran.so/16/16) [Hac 22/18,](https://quran.so/22/18) [Necm 53/1,](https://quran.so/53/1) [Tarık 86/3.](https://quran.so/86/3) - [2] Secdenin kök anlamı eğilmedir (Müfredat). Bu sebeple Güneş, Ay, gezegenler, dünya ve yıldızlar arasında oluşan eğimler /deklinasyon ve ona bağlı olarak gölgenin uzayıp kısalması, "secde" kelimesiyle ifade edilmiştir ([Nahl 16/48,](https://quran.so/16/48) [Ra'd 13/15](https://quran.so/13/15)). Bazı ayetlerde sadece itaat anlamında ([Hac 22/18,](https://quran.so/22/18) [İnşikak 84/21](https://quran.so/84/21)), bazılarında da itaat ile birlikte fiziki eğilme anlamında kullanılır ([Bakara 2/34,](https://quran.so/2/34) [58,](https://quran.so/2/58) [Nisa 4/154,](https://quran.so/4/154) [A'raf 7/161,](https://quran.so/7/161) [Yusuf 12/4](https://quran.so/12/4) ve [100](https://quran.so/12/100)). Nitekim namazda, ayaklar, eller ve dizler üzerindeyken alnı yere koymak da Allah'a itaat ederek eğilme anlamdaki secdedir ([Nisa 4/102](https://quran.so/4/102)-[103](https://quran.so/4/103)). ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | وَٱلنَّجْمُ — wal-najmu | And the stars | نجم — Nun-Cim-Mim | | 2 | وَٱلشَّجَرُ — wal-shajaru | and the trees | شجر — Şin-Cim-Ra | | 3 | يَسْجُدَانِ — yasjudāni | both prostrate | سجد — Sin-Cim-Dal | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-ar-rahman/verse-5.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-ar-rahman/verse-7.md Retrieved: 2026-08-15 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.