Transliteration:( Fa inis-takbaroo fallazee na 'inda Rabbika yusabbihoona lahoo billaili wannnahaari wa hum laa yas'amoon (make sajda) )
101. By following the Holy Prophet ? and worshipping Allah Almighty.Thus, the infidels who reject Allah Almighty as well as the polytheists.
102. This means those angels who enjoy the nearness of Allah Almighty. Here, 'nearness does not denote nearness of place because Allah Almighty is pure and free from place and space.
103 Among these favourite angels some are in Ruku, who are in this position for millions of years, some are in Sajdah, some are in Qiyaam and some are in Tashahud as was previously stated.
The tafsir of Surah Fussilat verse 38 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Fussilat ayat 37 which provides the complete commentary from verse 37 through 39.
(41:38) But if they wax proud[45] (and persist in their attitude, it does not matter, for) the angels near-stationed to your Lord glorify Him night and day, and never grow weary.[46]
45. If they are arrogant: If they think it is below their dignity for them to listen to you, and still persist in the ignorance in which they are involved.
46. It means this: The system of this whole universe, whose agents are the angels, is running on the basis of Allah’s Oneness and His servitude. The angels who are its agents are testifying every moment that their Lord is pure and exalted far above that another should be His associate in His Divinity and worship. Now, if a few foolish persons do not believe even after admonition, and turn away from the way that is being followed by the whole universe and persist in following the way of shirk only, let them remain involved in their folly.
The consensus is that it is obligatory to perform sajdah (prostration) here, but the jurists differ as to which of the two preceding verses requires the performance of sajdah. Ali and Abdullah bin Masud performed the sajdah at the end of (Surah Fussilat, ayat 37), while Ibn Abbas, Ibn Umar, Said bin Musayyab, Masruq, Qatadah, Hasan Basri, Abu Abdur Rahman as-Sulami, Ibn Sirin, Ibrahim Nakhai and several other prominent jurists have expressed the opinion that it should be performed at the end of verse 38. The same also is the opinion of Imam Abu Hanifah, and the Shafeites also have held the same view as preferable.
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