Does the tree that prostrates to Allah and protects the Jews, meaning the Gharqad tree, fall under the creatures to which Allah prostrates?
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There is no text specifically mentioning the Gharqad tree in divine revelation or in the words of the scholars. However, it falls under the generality of verses that indicate the prostration of everything in the heavens and on earth to Allah, willingly or unwillingly. The Gharqad tree retains the dispraise mentioned in the , which is its failure to expose the Jews. Scholars have mentioned that the prostration of non-sentient beings is a prostration of subservience, meaning it indicates that they are created and that they have an active, wise Creator.
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