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Surah Ash-Shu'araa (26) — Ayah 219

The Poets · Meccan · Juz 19 · Page 376

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِى ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ ﴿219﴾
And your movements among those who fall prostrate (to Allâh in the five compulsory congregational prayers).
وَتَقَلُّبَكَ wataqallubaka And your movements
فِى among
ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ l-sājidīna those who prostrate

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219-1. That is, when you are alone, even then Allah sees, and when you are among people, even then.

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219. And your movements among those who prostrate [131].

[131] This verse can have two meanings: one is that when you perform bowing and prostration with your followers in congregational prayer, at that time Allah is watching you. The second is that when you get up at night and go around to see which worshippers are engaged in the worship of Allah at that time and which are heedless, even then Allah is watching you. The third is that whatever efforts you make together with those who prostrate, for the sake of raising the word of truth, Allah is aware of every single movement of yours.