As-Sajdah#Summary

{{infobox surah

| number = 32

| number-3 = 032

| name = As-Sajdah

| name-ar = السجدة

| name-en = The Prostration

| prev_sura = Quran 31

| next_sura = Quran 33

| classification = Meccan

| othernames-ar =

| othernames =

| juz = 21

|Hizb_number = 42

| rukus = 3

| verses = 30

| words = 372

| letters = 1523

| muqattaat = ʾAlif Lām Mīm الم

| sajdahs = [http://al-quran.info/#32:15 1]

| audio = Chapter 32, As-Sajdah (Murattal) - Recitation of the Holy Qur'an.mp3

}}

File:Fragment of a Qur’an - Google Art Project.jpg from the Qur'an manuscript with the verses 29-30 of the surah As-Sajdah. The decorative border that follows surrounds the title of the next section of the surah Al-Ahzab. Kufic script. Iraq or Syria, 9th or 10th century. Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin]]

{{Transliteration|ar|As-Sajdah}} (السجدة), is the 32nd chapter (sūrah) of the Quran with 30 verses (āyāt). The name of the chapter has been translated as ۩ 'prostration' {{cite book |last1=Lumbard|first1=Joseph|author1-link=Joseph E.B. Lumbard|title=32, Prostration, al-Sajdah, The Study Quran |date=April 2015|publisher= HarperOne|location=San Francisco}} or 'adoration'{{cite book |last1=Sale |first1=George |author1-link=George Sale |title=The Koran: Commonly Called the Alkoran of Mohammed ... |date=1891 |publisher= John B. Alden |location=New York}} and is taken from the fifteenth verse, which mentions those who "... fall prostrate and hymn the praise of their Lord".

Regarding the timing and contextual background of the believed revelation, it is an earlier "Meccan surah", which means it is believed revealed in Mecca, instead of later in Medina. Theodor Nöldeke (d.1930), translator of Tabari (Arabic – German), estimated it as the 70th (Nöldeke chronology).{{sfn|Ernst|2011|p=39}} The traditional Egyptian chronology puts the chapter as the 75th chapter by the order of revelation (after Quran 23).

Summary

The first half of the chapter covers some of Islam's theological concepts, including revelation, God, creation of human beings, resurrection and the judgment day. The second half discusses the contrast between those who "fall prostrate" before God and those who "turn away" from God's sign. The chapter then mentions the Children of Israel as an example of people who follow God's guidance through Moses.{{sfn|The Study Quran|p=1009}}

Ayat (verses)

1 A. L. M. The "mysterious letters" alif, lām, and mīm
2 The Quran is without doubt inspired revelation
3 Muhammad did not forge the Quran
4 The heavens and earth created in six intervals of time.
5 God will judge all after the resurrection{{cite book |last1=Wherry |first1=Elwood Morris |author1-link=Elwood Morris Wherry |title=A Complete Index to Sale's Text, Preliminary Discourse, and Notes |date=1896 |publisher=Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co |location=London}} {{PD-notice}}
5-8 The Omniscient God the Creator of mankind
9 Yet man, the creature, denies the resurrection
10 Unbelievers shall be brought before God
11 They shall repent too late to avail for pardon
12-14 Hell must be filled with genii and men
۩ 15-19 The reward of true believers
20-21 The punishment of unbelievers here and hereafter
22 To reject God's signs a great sin
23 The Pentateuch given to Moses
24 Teachers chosen from among the Israelites to direct them in the way of God
25 God will settle their disputes in the Judgement Day
26 The people of Makkah warned by the fate of their predecessors
27 The resurrection typified in nature, but infidels do not understand
28-30 The infidels urge Muhammad to hasten the judgment-day

Quranic commentary

Image:Sura32.pdf

A hadith, narrated in the Tafsir of ibn Kathir (d.1373), said that Muhammad often recited As-Sajda together with Al-Insan (Quran 76) for the early morning prayer (fajr) every Friday.Bukhārī (d.870): Translation of Sahih Bukhari, [http://cmje.usc.edu/religious-texts/hadith/bukhari/013-sbt.php#002.013.016 Volume 2, Book 13, Friday Prayer, Hadith Number 16] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610043837/http://cmje.usc.edu/religious-texts/hadith/bukhari/013-sbt.php#002.013.016 |date=2017-06-10 }}.{{sfn|The Study Quran|p=1451}} al-Alusi (d.1854), amongst others confirmed another report stating that Muhammad often recited the chapter before going to sleep.

Al-Suyuti (d.1505) named the chapter “Sūrah of the Beds,” (sūrat al-maḍājiʿ) after a mention of those who "shun [their] beds" in order to worship God at night (tahajjud).{{sfn|The Study Quran|p=1009}}{{sfn|The Study Quran|p=1013, v. 16 commentary}} Other names of the chapter include the choice of Al-Qurtubi (d.1274): Alif Lam Mim Tanzil ("Alif, Lam, Mim, The Revelation") after the first words from verses 1 and 2.

According to the Islamic tradition, the chapter was revealed during the Meccan phase of Muhammad's prophethood. Some scholars argue, based on attaching occasions of revelations (asbāb al-nuzūl), that several verses (some say verses 16–20, some say only 18–20, some say only 16) are from Medinan phase, but the arguments are not widely accepted. For example, Mahmud al-Alusi opines that the close connection between these verses and the preceding ones means that they are likely from the same period.{{sfn|The Study Quran|p=1009}}

References

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= References =

{{cite book |first=Carl W. |last=Ernst |title=How to Read the Qur'an: A New Guide, with Select Translations |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pi2lPiUgEnIC |date=5 December 2011 |publisher=Univ of North Carolina Press |isbn=978-0-8078-6907-9}}
{{cite book|editor1=Seyyed Hossein Nasr|editor2=Caner K. Dagli|editor3=Maria Massi Dakake|editor4=Joseph E.B. Lumbard|editor5=Mohammed Rustom|editor1-link=Seyyed Hossein Nasr|editor3-link=Maria Massi Dakake|editor4-link=Joseph E.B. Lumbard|title=The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GVSzBgAAQBAJ|date=2015|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-06-112586-7|location=New York, NY|ref={{SfnRef|The Study Quran}}}}

External links

[https://quran.com/32 Quran 32] Clear Quran translation
[https://www.islamawakened.com/quran/32/2/ Q32:2], 50+ translations, islamawakened.com
{{wikisource-inline|The Holy Qur'an (Maulana Muhammad Ali)/32. The Adoration}}

Sajda

Sajdah