Saturday, May 9, 2015

Prostrate (SAJADA) does not mean Worship (A'BUDU)

Prostrate (SAJADA) does not mean Worship (A'BUDU)

(Date written : 10 May 2015)

1) There are many people who assume PROSTRATE (SAJADA) to mean WORSHIP (A'BUDU).

2) This Assumption is Wrong. Allah uses different words.

Let us look at the verses of Allah :

An-Najm : 62

فَاسْجُدُوا لِلَّهِ وَاعْبُدُوا ۩

● So PROSTRATE (SUJUD) to Allah and WORSHIP (A'BUDU) [Him]. ●

An-Nahl : 48

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلٰى مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ مِن شَىْءٍ يَتَفَيَّؤُا ظِلٰلُهُۥ عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَالشَّمَآئِلِ سُجَّدًا لِّلَّهِ وَهُمْ دٰخِرُونَ

● Have they not SEE what things Allah has created? Their AURA (ZILA) incline to the right (clockwise) and to the left (counterclockwise), PROSTRATING (SUJJADA) to Allah, while they are humble. ●

Yusuf : 4

إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّى رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِى سٰجِدِينَ

● [Of these stories mention] when Joseph (YUSOF) said to his father, "O my father, indeed I have seen [in a dream] eleven stars and the sun and the moon; I saw them PROSTRATING (SAJIDIN) to me." ●

Yusuf : 100

وَرَفَعَ أَبَوَيْهِ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ وَخَرُّوا لَهُۥ سُجَّدًا ۖ وَقَالَ يٰٓأَبَتِ هٰذَا تَأْوِيلُ رُءْيٰىَ مِن قَبْلُ قَدْ جَعَلَهَا رَبِّى حَقًّا ۖ وَقَدْ أَحْسَنَ بِىٓ إِذْ أَخْرَجَنِى مِنَ السِّجْنِ وَجَآءَ بِكُم مِّنَ الْبَدْوِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن نَّزَغَ الشَّيْطٰنُ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَ إِخْوَتِىٓ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى لَطِيفٌ لِّمَا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ

● And he raised his parents upon the throne, and they bowed to him in PROSTRATION (SUJJADA). And he said, "O my father, this is the explanation of my vision of before. My Lord has made it reality. .. ●

3) From the verses above and many more verses related to PROSTRATION or SAJADA, it is clear that Prostrate NEVER means Worship.

Brothers of Joseph (Yusof), which are 'they' in Yusof : 100, NEVER WORSHIP YUSOF (Joseph).

Similarly, the Angels NEVER WORSHIP ADAM.

4) So, what does the Actual Meaning of SAJADA  or Prostration ?

Let us look at other verses in The Quran :

Al-Hajj : 18

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَسْجُدُ لَهُۥ مَن فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَن فِى الْأَرْضِ وَالشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ وَالنُّجُومُ وَالْجِبَالُ وَالشَّجَرُ وَالدَّوَآبُّ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنَ النَّاسِ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِ الْعَذَابُ ۗ وَمَن يُهِنِ اللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن مُّكْرِمٍ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۩

● Do you not SEE that to Allah PROSTRATES (YASJUDU) 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? ... ●

How do sun, moon, earth and stars Prostrate to Allah that we SEE ? We see all of them CIRCUMAMBULATE around 'something'.

As-Sajda : 15

إِنَّمَا يُؤْمِنُ بِـَٔايٰتِنَا الَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُوا بِهَا خَرُّوا سُجَّدًا وَسَبَّحُوا بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ ۩

● Only those believe in Our verses who, when they are reminded by them, fall down in PROSTRATION (SUJJADA) and exalt [Allah] with praise of their Lord, and they are not arrogant. ●

By TADABBUR or finding the meaning IMPLICITLY without inducing any opinion to Verses of Allah, it means :

An Act of RESPECT, ACT that can be putting our head on the floor/ground or an ACT of circumambulating around Kaaba in Mecca Or circumambulating on an INFINITE FORCE that cannot be measured or comparable with any BEING or any THING. It is HIM that all the Creations of Heavens and Earth Circumambulate around with or without realizing, and that is PROSTRATING or SAJADA.

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