Surah 24:42
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أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱلطَّيۡرُ صَـٰٓفَّـٰتٖۖ كُلّٞ قَدۡ عَلِمَ صَلَاتَهُۥ وَتَسۡبِيحَهُۥۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمُۢ بِمَا يَفۡعَلُونَ
Do you not see that God – whatever is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and (so do) the birds spreading (their wings in flight)? Each one knows its prayer and its glorifying, and God is aware of what they do.
وَلِلَّهِ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ
To God (belongs) the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. To God is the (final) destination.
Allah tells us that whosoever is in the heavens and on the earth, i.e., the angels, mankind. Jinn, animals and even inanimate objects, all glorify Him. This is like the Ayah:
{The seven heavens and the earth and all that is therein, glorify Him} 17:44,
means, while they are flying they glorify their Lord and worship Him with the glorification with which they are inspired and to which they are guided. Allah knows what they are doing, and so He says:
meaning, He has guided every creature to its own way of worship.