He is High, the Great.

He is High, the Great.” The objective in mentioning superiority in this connection, is excellence in the Lord’s attributes which are unmatched by any means and unequalled for any one else, because none is more omnipotent and omniscient than Him. In other words, the Lord is far superior and pure to what they claim.

“The seven heavens and the earth, and every being therein, celebrate His glory, and there is not single thing but glorifies Him with His Praise, but you do not understand their glorification; verily He is Forbearing, Forgiving.” This noble verse proclaims that all the cosmic order has its own way of glorification, prostration, and individual prayer for the Lord (s.w.t.). Some commentators claim that this type of glorification is of a genetic kind.

That is, the structural part of the existence of every particle in the world, is a sign and a symbol of the Lord’s Will, Wisdom, Knowledge, and of His Justice. Others are of the opinion that the world of existence has its own kind of consciousness and knowledge, and all are glorifying at all times though our ears are incapable of hearing their voice. This latter view is more consonant with the apparent form of the verses.

Vocalization of the things is not impossibility, for such a process will actualize in the Hereafter. “…they shall say: ‘Allah’, Who makes everything speak, has made us speak…” [^2] Even stones have got and possess sensibilities and feel frightened, and, for fear of the Lord, they fall down from the mountains. “…and others tumble down through fear of Allah…” [^3] Solomon (as) could understand the medium of expression used by ants and was in full command of the expression symbols used by birds.

A kind of bird called ‘Hud Hud’ used to inspect and recognize the deviation shown by some people and came to report it to Solomon. The Lord, in many cases of the revelations, used to address the mountains. For example, He tells them to pray along with Dawūd, saying: “…O’ mountains! Sing praises with him…” [^4] There are frequent allusions made to the glorification by all beings, besides the above cases, in the Qur’an. We also have it in quotations that bees glorify Allah.