Back to search

What is the interpretation of burning the disbeliever's cells – which used to glorify God – along with him in the Fire?

1 min readAlso available in العربية

In its original linguistic sense, tasbih (glorification) means to declare Allah Almighty free from any imperfection. The glorification mentioned by Allah Almighty in His statement: "And there is nothing except that it glorifies Him with praise, but you do not understand their glorification," is the declaration by everything that Allah is free from imperfection, which is the attribute of being created (حدث), and the indication by everything of a Maker Who is free from all imperfection and deficiency. This differs from our glorification using the words "Subhan Allah" (Glory be to Allah).

The disbeliever glorifies Allah by his very state, not by his verbal articulation. He is among the things that glorify Allah with His praise. However, his glorification is not the utterance of "Subhan Allah wa bihamdih" (Glory and praise be to Allah), but rather it is the declaration of Allah's transcendence, through the evidences of his creation and composition, from the Creator resembling anything He has created.

This aligns with the submission of all creation to Allah, whether willingly or unwillingly. The believer submits with his heart and body, while the disbeliever submits unwillingly under divine subjugation, compulsion, and authority. Similarly, the prostration of beings to Allah occurs either willingly or unwillingly.

Summarized from the full answer at Ftawy · reviewed Sep 2, 2026

Read the full answer on Ftawy