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Surah As-Sajdah (Arabic: سورة As-Sajdah, "The Prostration") is the 32 chapter (surah) of the Qur'an, containing 30 verses (ayahs). It is classified as a Meccan Surah, meaning it is historically understood to have been revealed during the Meccan Period (610–622 CE) of the prophecy.
Introduction
Surah As-Sajdah ("The Prostration") is chapter 32 of 114 in the Qur'an. The full Arabic text, English translation and transliteration of all 30 verses are given below, with verse-by-verse Tafsir available on each ayah.
Text and Translation
Verse 32:1
الٓمّٓۚ
alif-lam-meem
Alif, Lam, Meem
Verse 32:2
تَنۡزِيۡلُ الۡكِتٰبِ لَا رَيۡبَ فِيۡهِ مِنۡ رَّبِّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَؕ
tanzīlu l-kitābi lā rayba fīhi min rabbi l-ʿālamīna
[This is] the revelation of the Book about which there is no doubt from the Lord of the worlds
Verse 32:3
اَمۡ يَقُوۡلُوۡنَ افۡتَرٰىهُۚ بَلۡ هُوَ الۡحَقُّ مِنۡ رَّبِّكَ لِتُنۡذِرَ قَوۡمًا مَّا٘ اَتٰىهُمۡ مِّنۡ نَّذِيۡرٍ مِّنۡ قَبۡلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَهۡتَدُوۡنَ
am yaqūlūna if'tarāhu bal huwa l-ḥaqu min rabbika litundhira qawman mā atāhum min nadhīrin min qablika laʿallahum yahtadūna
Or do they say, "He invented it"? Rather, it is the truth from your Lord, [O Muhammad], that you may warn a people to whom no warner has come before you [so] perhaps they will be guided
Verse 32:4
اَللّٰهُ الَّذِيۡ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالۡاَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا فِيۡ سِتَّةِ اَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسۡتَوٰي عَلَي الۡعَرۡشِؕ مَا لَكُمۡ مِّنۡ دُوۡنِهٖ مِنۡ وَّلِيٍّ وَّلَا شَفِيۡعٍؕ اَفَلَا تَتَذَكَّرُوۡنَ
al-lahu alladhī khalaqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā fī sittati ayyāmin thumma is'tawā ʿalā l-ʿarshi mā lakum min dūnihi min waliyyin walā shafīʿin afalā tatadhakkarūna
It is Allah who created the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them in six days; then He established Himself above the Throne. You have not besides Him any protector or any intercessor; so will you not be reminded
Verse 32:5
يُدَبِّرُ الۡاَمۡرَ مِنَ السَّمَآءِ اِلَي الۡاَرۡضِ ثُمَّ يَعۡرُجُ اِلَيۡهِ فِيۡ يَوۡمٍ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهٗ٘ اَلۡفَ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّوۡنَ
yudabbiru l-amra mina l-samāi ilā l-arḍi thumma yaʿruju ilayhi fī yawmin kāna miq'dāruhu alfa sanatin mimmā taʿuddūna
He arranges [each] matter from the heaven to the earth; then it will ascend to Him in a Day, the extent of which is a thousand years of those which you count
Verse 32:6
ذٰلِكَ عٰلِمُ الۡغَيۡبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ الۡعَزِيۡزُ الرَّحِيۡمُۙ
dhālika ʿālimu l-ghaybi wal-shahādati l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu
That is the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, the Exalted in Might, the Merciful
Verse 32:7
الَّذِيۡ٘ اَحۡسَنَ كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهٗ وَبَدَاَ خَلۡقَ الۡاِنۡسَانِ مِنۡ طِيۡنٍۚ
alladhī aḥsana kulla shayin khalaqahu wabada-a khalqa l-insāni min ṭīnin
Who perfected everything which He created and began the creation of man from clay
Verse 32:8
ثُمَّ جَعَلَ نَسۡلَهٗ مِنۡ سُلٰلَةٍ مِّنۡ مَّآءٍ مَّهِيۡنٍۚ
thumma jaʿala naslahu min sulālatin min māin mahīnin
Then He made his posterity out of the extract of a liquid disdained
Verse 32:9
ثُمَّ سَوّٰىهُ وَنَفَخَ فِيۡهِ مِنۡ رُّوۡحِهٖ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمۡعَ وَالۡاَبۡصَارَ وَالۡاَفۡـِٕدَةَؕ قَلِيۡلًا مَّا تَشۡكُرُوۡنَ
thumma sawwāhu wanafakha fīhi min rūḥihi wajaʿala lakumu l-samʿa wal-abṣāra wal-afidata qalīlan mā tashkurūna
Then He proportioned him and breathed into him from His [created] soul and made for you hearing and vision and hearts; little are you grateful
Verse 32:10
وَقَالُوۡ٘ا ءَاِذَا ضَلَلۡنَا فِي الۡاَرۡضِ ءَاِنَّا لَفِيۡ خَلۡقٍ جَدِيۡدٍ ؕ بَلۡ هُمۡ بِلِقَآءِ رَبِّهِمۡ كٰفِرُوۡنَ
waqālū a-idhā ḍalalnā fī l-arḍi a-innā lafī khalqin jadīdin bal hum biliqāi rabbihim kāfirūna
And they say, "When we are lost within the earth, will we indeed be [recreated] in a new creation?" Rather, they are, in [the matter of] the meeting with their Lord, disbelievers
Verse 32:11
قُلۡ يَتَوَفّٰىكُمۡ مَّلَكُ الۡمَوۡتِ الَّذِيۡ وُكِّلَ بِكُمۡ ثُمَّ اِلٰي رَبِّكُمۡ تُرۡجَعُوۡنَࣖ
Say, "The angel of death will take you who has been entrusted with you. Then to your Lord you will be returned
Verse 32:12
وَلَوۡ تَرٰ٘ي اِذِ الۡمُجۡرِمُوۡنَ نَاكِسُوۡا رُءُوۡسِهِمۡ عِنۡدَ رَبِّهِمۡؕ رَبَّنَا٘ اَبۡصَرۡنَا وَسَمِعۡنَا فَارۡجِعۡنَا نَعۡمَلۡ صَالِحًا اِنَّا مُوۡقِنُوۡنَ
If you could but see when the criminals are hanging their heads before their Lord, [saying], "Our Lord, we have seen and heard, so return us [to the world]; we will work righteousness. Indeed, we are [now] certain
Verse 32:13
وَلَوۡ شِئۡنَا لَاٰتَيۡنَا كُلَّ نَفۡسٍ هُدٰىهَا وَلٰكِنۡ حَقَّ الۡقَوۡلُ مِنِّيۡ لَاَمۡلَـَٔنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ الۡجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ اَجۡمَعِيۡنَ
And if We had willed, We could have given every soul its guidance, but the word from Me will come into effect [that] "I will surely fill Hell with jinn and people all together
Verse 32:14
فَذُوۡقُوۡا بِمَا نَسِيۡتُمۡ لِقَآءَ يَوۡمِكُمۡ هٰذَاۚ اِنَّا نَسِيۡنٰكُمۡ وَذُوۡقُوۡا عَذَابَ الۡخُلۡدِ بِمَا كُنۡتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُوۡنَ
So taste [punishment] because you forgot the meeting of this, your Day; indeed, We have [accordingly] forgotten you. And taste the punishment of eternity for what you used to do
Verse 32:15
اِنَّمَا يُؤۡمِنُ بِاٰيٰتِنَا الَّذِيۡنَ اِذَا ذُكِّرُوۡا بِهَا خَرُّوۡا سُجَّدًا وَّسَبَّحُوۡا بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَهُمۡ لَا يَسۡتَكۡبِرُوۡنَࣛۚ
Only those believe in Our verses who, when they are reminded by them, fall down in prostration and exalt [Allah] with praise of their Lord, and they are not arrogant
Verse 32:16
تَتَجَافٰي جُنُوۡبُهُمۡ عَنِ الۡمَضَاجِعِ يَدۡعُوۡنَ رَبَّهُمۡ خَوۡفًا وَّطَمَعًاؗ وَّمِمَّا رَزَقۡنٰهُمۡ يُنۡفِقُوۡنَ
They arise from [their] beds; they supplicate their Lord in fear and aspiration, and from what We have provided them, they spend
Verse 32:17
فَلَا تَعۡلَمُ نَفۡسٌ مَّا٘ اُخۡفِيَ لَهُمۡ مِّنۡ قُرَّةِ اَعۡيُنٍۚ جَزَآءًۭ بِمَا كَانُوۡا يَعۡمَلُوۡنَ
And no soul knows what has been hidden for them of comfort for eyes as reward for what they used to do
Verse 32:18
اَفَمَنۡ كَانَ مُؤۡمِنًا كَمَنۡ كَانَ فَاسِقًاؕؔ لَا يَسۡتَوٗنَ࣡
Then is one who was a believer like one who was defiantly disobedient? They are not equal
Verse 32:19
اَمَّا الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ فَلَهُمۡ جَنّٰتُ الۡمَاۡوٰيؗ نُزُلًاۭ بِمَا كَانُوۡا يَعۡمَلُوۡنَ
As for those who believed and did righteous deeds, for them will be the Gardens of Refuge as accommodation for what they used to do
Verse 32:20
وَاَمَّا الَّذِيۡنَ فَسَقُوۡا فَمَاۡوٰىهُمُ النَّارُؕ كُلَّمَا٘ اَرَادُوۡ٘ا اَنۡ يَّخۡرُجُوۡا مِنۡهَا٘ اُعِيۡدُوۡا فِيۡهَا وَقِيۡلَ لَهُمۡ ذُوۡقُوۡا عَذَابَ النَّارِ الَّذِيۡ كُنۡتُمۡ بِهٖ تُكَذِّبُوۡنَ
But as for those who defiantly disobeyed, their refuge is the Fire. Every time they wish to emerge from it, they will be returned to it while it is said to them, "Taste the punishment of the Fire which you used to deny
Verse 32:21
وَلَنُذِيۡقَنَّهُمۡ مِّنَ الۡعَذَابِ الۡاَدۡنٰي دُوۡنَ الۡعَذَابِ الۡاَكۡبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُوۡنَ
And we will surely let them taste the nearer punishment short of the greater punishment that perhaps they will repent
Verse 32:22
وَمَنۡ اَظۡلَمُ مِمَّنۡ ذُكِّرَ بِاٰيٰتِ رَبِّهٖ ثُمَّ اَعۡرَضَ عَنۡهَاؕ اِنَّا مِنَ الۡمُجۡرِمِيۡنَ مُنۡتَقِمُوۡنَࣖ
And who is more unjust than one who is reminded of the verses of his Lord; then he turns away from them? Indeed We, from the criminals, will take retribution
Verse 32:23
وَلَقَدۡ اٰتَيۡنَا مُوۡسَي الۡكِتٰبَ فَلَا تَكُنۡ فِيۡ مِرۡيَةٍ مِّنۡ لِّقَآئِهٖ وَجَعَلۡنٰهُ هُدًي لِّبَنِيۡ٘ اِسۡرَآءِيۡلَۚ
And We certainly gave Moses the Scripture, so do not be in doubt over his meeting. And we made the Torah guidance for the Children of Israel
Verse 32:24
وَجَعَلۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡ اَئِمَّةً يَّهۡدُوۡنَ بِاَمۡرِنَا لَمَّا صَبَرُوۡاࣞؕ وَكَانُوۡا بِاٰيٰتِنَا يُوۡقِنُوۡنَ
And We made from among them leaders guiding by Our command when they were patient and [when] they were certain of Our signs
Verse 32:25
اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَفۡصِلُ بَيۡنَهُمۡ يَوۡمَ الۡقِيٰمَةِ فِيۡمَا كَانُوۡا فِيۡهِ يَخۡتَلِفُوۡنَ
Indeed, your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which they used to differ
Verse 32:26
اَوَلَمۡ يَهۡدِ لَهُمۡ كَمۡ اَهۡلَكۡنَا مِنۡ قَبۡلِهِمۡ مِّنَ الۡقُرُوۡنِ يَمۡشُوۡنَ فِيۡ مَسٰكِنِهِمۡؕ اِنَّ فِيۡ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيٰتٍؕ اَفَلَا يَسۡمَعُوۡنَ
Has it not become clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them, [as] they walk among their dwellings? Indeed in that are signs; then do they not hear
Verse 32:27
اَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡا اَنَّا نَسُوۡقُ الۡمَآءَ اِلَي الۡاَرۡضِ الۡجُرُزِ فَنُخۡرِجُ بِهٖ زَرۡعًا تَاۡكُلُ مِنۡهُ اَنۡعَامُهُمۡ وَاَنۡفُسُهُمۡؕ اَفَلَا يُبۡصِرُوۡنَ
Have they not seen that We drive the water [in clouds] to barren land and bring forth thereby crops from which their livestock eat and [they] themselves? Then do they not see
Verse 32:28
وَيَقُوۡلُوۡنَ مَتٰي هٰذَا الۡفَتۡحُ اِنۡ كُنۡتُمۡ صٰدِقِيۡنَ
And they say, "When will be this conquest, if you should be truthful
Verse 32:29
قُلۡ يَوۡمَ الۡفَتۡحِ لَا يَنۡفَعُ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡ٘ا اِيۡمَانُهُمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يُنۡظَرُوۡنَ
Say, [O Muhammad], "On the Day of Conquest the belief of those who had disbelieved will not benefit them, nor will they be reprieved
Verse 32:30
فَاَعۡرِضۡ عَنۡهُمۡ وَانۡتَظِرۡ اِنَّهُمۡ مُّنۡتَظِرُوۡنَࣖ
So turn away from them and wait. Indeed, they are waiting