SURAH AS-SAJDAH (THE PROSTRATION)

There are 30 verses in this surah and it was revealed in Mecca. Some scholars say that the 19th, 20th and 21st verses of this surah are ‘Madani’. In Tafseer Burhan it is narrated from the Holy Prophet (S) that the reward for reciting surah as-Sajdah and surah al-Mulk is the same as what reward is gotten if one spends the entire night of Qadr in worship. It is said that the Holy Prophet (S) used to recite these surahs before sleeping.

The person who recites this surah will be given 60 rewards, forgiven 60 sins and raised 60 levels nearer to Allah (s.w.t). Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) has said that one who recites this surah will be given his book of deeds in his right hand on the Day of Judgement and will be counted from among the friends of the Holy Prophet (S) and his family. Keeping this surah in writing works as a cure from aches and pains.

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

الٓمّٓ‏(1)

(1) Alif Lam Mim.

ۚ تَنْزِيْلُ الْكِتٰبِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيْهِ مِنْ رَّبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَؕ‏(2)

(2) The revelation of the Book, there is no doubt in it, is from the Lord of the worlds.

اَمْ يَقُوْلُوْنَ افْتَرٰٮهُ‌ۚ بَلْ هُوَ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَّبِّكَ لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّاۤ اَتٰٮهُمْ مِّنْ نَّذِيْرٍ مِّنْ قَبْلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُوْنَ‏(3)

(3) Or do they say: He has forged it? Nay! it is the truth from your Lord that you may warn a people to whom no warner has come before you, that they may follow the right direction.

اَللّٰهُ الَّذِىْ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِىْ سِتَّةِ اَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوٰى عَلَى الْعَرْشِ‌ؕ مَا لَكُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِهٖ مِنْ وَّلِىٍّ وَّلَا شَفِيْعٍ‌ؕ اَفَلَا تَتَذَكَّرُوْنَ‏(4)

(4) Allah is He Who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six periods, and He mounted the throne (of authority); you have not besides Him any guardian or any intercessor, will you not then mind?

يُدَبِّرُ الْاَمْرَ مِنَ السَّمَآءِ اِلَى الْاَرْضِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ اِلَيْهِ فِىْ يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهٗۤ اَلْفَ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّوْنَ‏(5)

(5) He regulates the affair from the heaven to the earth; then shall it ascend to Him in a day the measure of which is a thousand years of what you count.

ذٰلِكَ عٰلِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ الْعَزِيْزُ الرَّحِيْمُۙ‏(6)

(6) This is the Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Mighty the Merciful,

الَّذِىْۤ اَحْسَنَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهٗ‌ وَبَدَاَ خَلْقَ الْاِنْسَانِ مِنْ طِيْنٍ‌ۚ‏(7)

(7) Who made good everything that He has created, and He began the creation of man from dust.

ثُمَّ جَعَلَ نَسْلَهٗ مِنْ سُلٰلَةٍ مِّنْ مَّآءٍ مَّهِيْنٍ‌ۚ‏(8)

(8) Then He made his progeny of an extract, of water held in light estimation.

ثُمَّ سَوّٰٮهُ وَنَفَخَ فِيْهِ مِنْ رُّوْحِهٖ‌ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْاَبْصَارَ وَالْاَفْئِدَةَ ‌ ؕ قَلِيْلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُوْنَ‏(9)

(9) Then He made him complete and breathed into him of His spirit, and made for you the ears and the eyes and the hearts; little is it that you give thanks.

وَقَالُوْٓا ءَاِذَا ضَلَلْنَا فِى الْاَرْضِ ءَاِنَّا لَفِىْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيْدٍ ؕ ‌بَلْ هُمْ بِلِقَآءِ رَبِّهِمْ كٰفِرُوْنَ‏(10)

(10) And they say: What! when we have become lost in the earth, shall we then certainly be in a new creation? Nay! they are disbelievers in the meeting of their Lord.

قُلْ يَتَوَفّٰٮكُمْ مَّلَكُ الْمَوْتِ الَّذِىْ وُكِّلَ بِكُمْ ثُمَّ اِلٰى رَبِّكُمْ تُرْجَعُوْنَ‏(11)

(11) Say: The angel of death who is given charge of you shall cause you to die, then to your Lord you shall be brought back.

وَلَوْ تَرٰٓى اِذِ الْمُجْرِمُوْنَ نَاكِسُوْا رُءُوْسِهِمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ رَبَّنَاۤ اَبْصَرْنَا وَسَمِعْنَا فَارْجِعْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَالِحًا اِنَّا مُوْقِنُوْنَ‏(12)

(12) And could you but see when the guilty shall hang down their heads before their Lord: Our Lord! we have seen and we have heard, therefore send us back, we will do good; surely (now) we are certain.

وَ لَوْ شِئْنَا لَاٰتَيْنَا كُلَّ نَفْسٍ هُدٰٮهَا وَلٰكِنْ حَقَّ الْقَوْلُ مِنِّىْ لَاَمْلَئَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ اَجْمَعِيْنَ‏(13)

(13) And if We had pleased We would certainly have given to every soul its guidance, but the word (which had gone forth) from Me was just: I will certainly fill hell with the jinn and men together.

فَذُوْقُوْا بِمَا نَسِيْتُمْ لِقَآءَ يَوْمِكُمْ هٰذَا‌ ۚ اِنَّا نَسِيْنٰكُمْ‌ وَذُوْقُوْا عَذَابَ الْخُلْدِ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ‏(14)

(14) So taste, because you neglected the meeting of this day of yours; surely We forsake you; and taste the abiding chastisement for what you did.

اِنَّمَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاٰيٰتِنَا الَّذِيْنَ اِذَا ذُكِّرُوْا بِهَا خَرُّوْا سُجَّدًا وَّسَبَّحُوْا بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُوْنَ۩‏(15)

(15) Only they believe in Our communications who, when they are reminded of them, fall down in prostration and celebrate the praise of their Lord, and they are not proud.

تَتَجَافٰى جُنُوْبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ يَدْعُوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفًا وَّطَمَعًا وَّمِمَّا رَزَقْنٰهُمْ يُنْفِقُوْنَ‏(16)

(16) Their sides draw away from (their) beds, they call upon their Lord in fear and in hope, and they spend (benevolently) out of what We have given them.

فَلَا تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَّاۤ اُخْفِىَ لَهُمْ مِّنْ قُرَّةِ اَعْيُنٍ‌ۚ جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوْا يَعْمَلُوْنَ‏(17)

(17) So no soul knows what is hidden for them of that which will refresh the eyes; a reward for what they did.

اَفَمَنْ كَانَ مُؤْمِنًا كَمَنْ كَانَ فَاسِقًا‌ ؕ لَا يَسْتَوٗنَؔ‏(18)

(18) Is he then who is a believer like him who is a transgressor? They are not equal.

اَمَّا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ فَلَهُمْ جَنّٰتُ الْمَاْوٰى نُزُلًاۢ بِمَا كَانُوْا يَعْمَلُوْنَ‏(19)

(19) As for those who believe and do good, the gardens are their abiding-place; an entertainment for what they did.

وَاَمَّا الَّذِيْنَ فَسَقُوْا فَمَاْوٰٮهُمُ النَّارُ‌ؕ كُلَّمَاۤ اَرَادُوْۤا اَنْ يَّخْرُجُوْا مِنْهَاۤ اُعِيْدُوْا فِيْهَا وَ قِيْلَ لَهُمْ ذُوْقُوْا عَذَابَ النَّارِ الَّذِىْ كُنْتُمْ بِهٖ تُكَذِّبُوْنَ‏(20)

(20) And as for those who transgress, their abode is the fire; whenever they desire to go forth from it they shall be brought back into it, and it will be said to them: Taste the chastisement of the fire which you called a lie.

وَلَنُذِيْقَنَّهُمْ مِّنَ الْعَذَابِ الْاَدْنٰى دُوْنَ الْعَذَابِ الْاَكْبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُوْنَ‏(21)

(21) And most certainly We will make them taste of the nearer chastisement before the greater chastisement that haply they may turn.

وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ ذُكِّرَ بِاٰيٰتِ رَبِّهٖ ثُمَّ اَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا‌ؕ اِنَّا مِنَ الْمُجْرِمِيْنَ مُنْتَقِمُوْنَ‏(22)

(22) And who is more unjust than he who is reminded of the communications of his Lord, then he turns away from them? Surely We will give punishment to the guilty.

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا مُوْسَى الْكِتٰبَ فَلَا تَكُنْ فِىْ مِرْيَةٍ مِّنْ لِّقَآئِهٖ‌ وَجَعَلْنٰهُ هُدًى لِّبَنِىْۤ اِسْرَآءِيْلَۚ‏(23)

(23) And certainly We gave the Book to Musa, so be not in doubt concerning the receiving of it, and We made it a guide for the children of Israel.

وَ جَعَلْنَا مِنْهُمْ اَئِمَّةً يَّهْدُوْنَ بِاَمْرِنَا لَمَّا صَبَرُوْا‌ ؕ وَ كَانُوْا بِاٰيٰتِنَا يُوْقِنُوْنَ‏(24)

(24) And We made of them Imams to guide by Our command when they were patient, and they were certain of Our communications.

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ فِيْمَا كَانُوْا فِيْهِ يَخْتَلِفُوْنَ‏(25)

(25) Surely your Lord will judge between them on the day of resurrection concerning that wherein they differ.

اَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِّنَ الْقُرُوْنِ يَمْشُوْنَ فِىْ مَسٰكِنِهِمْ‌ ؕ اِنَّ فِىْ ذٰ لِكَ لَاٰيٰتٍ ؕ اَفَلَا يَسْمَعُوْنَ‏(26)

(26) Does it not point out to them the right way, how many of the generations, in whose abodes they go about, did We destroy before them? Most surely there are signs in this; will they not then hear?

اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اَنَّا نَسُوْقُ الْمَآءَ اِلَى الْاَرْضِ الْجُرُزِ فَنُخْرِجُ بِهٖ زَرْعًا تَاْكُلُ مِنْهُ اَنْعَامُهُمْ وَاَنْفُسُهُمْ‌ؕ اَفَلَا يُبْصِرُوْنَ‏(27)

(27) Do they not see that We drive the water to a land having no herbage, then We bring forth thereby seed-produce of which their cattle and they themselves eat; will they not then see?

وَيَقُوْلُوْنَ مَتٰى هٰذَا الْفَتْحُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِيْنَ‏(28)

(28) And they say: When will this Judgement take place, If you are truthful?

قُلْ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ لَا يَنْفَعُ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْۤا اِيْمَانُهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْظَرُوْنَ‏(29)

(29) Say: On the day of Judgement the faith of those who (now) disbelieve will not profit them, nor will they be respited.

فَاَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ وَانْتَظِرْ اِنَّهُمْ مُّنْتَظِرُوْنَ‏(30)

(30) Therefore turn away from them and wait, surely they too are waiting.