Short Note On S 16:49
- philhoraia
- Nov 1, 2023
- 1 min read
S 16:49 And to Lah does sujud what is in the skies and what is on the Earth of beast and the angels and they are not arrogant.
What should the reader make of this? Beasts on Earth do sujud to Lah. We may accept that that is what the text is saying. But should 'the angels' be understood in the genitive case as the word 'beast'? Should we understand that the angels are Earth based? Even in the nominative case there is a problem. We are told that what is in the skies does sujud to Lah. But isn't at least one of the skies the angels' domicile? If it is, why does the author say 'and the angels', as though they are not included in 'what is in the skies'?
Presumably it's the angels that are not arrogant.
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