Surah As-Sajdah
(The Prostration)
Chapter 32
It is 30 Verses 3 Units (Ruku’): Revealed at Makkah
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful
1. (The Qur’an is in the Arabic language which consists of Arabic letters such as:)
Alif Laam Meem. (Yet no one can produce even the shortest Chapter of the miraculous wonder of the Qur’an.)
2. The Revelation of the Scripture (the Qur’an), there is no doubt in it, is from (Allah) the Lord of all that exists (of mankind, jinn, angels, etc.).
3. Or do they say: He (the Prophet Muhammad) has invented it (the Qur’an)? Rather! It is the Truth from (Allah) your Lord, that you may warn a people to whom no warner has come before you, that they may be (rightly) guided.
4. Allah (alone) is He Who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six Days, then He firmly established Himself over the Throne; you have not besides Him any lord (protector, guardian, savior, redeemer) or any intercessor; will you not then remember?
5. He rules and regulates (every) affair (of His creation) from the heavens to the earth (with Perfection and Wisdom); then every affair ascends to Him in a Day the measure of which is a thousand years of what you count.
6. That is (Allah) the Knower of the unseen and the seen, the All-Mighty, the Most Merciful,
7. Who perfected everything that He has created, and He began the creation of man from clay.
8. Then He made his offspring out of an extract of despised fluid.
9. Then He made him complete, and (ordered the Angels to) breath into him his soul (created) by Him, and made for you hearing and eyes and hearts; little is it that you give thanks.
10. And they say: When we have become lost in the earth, shall we then certainly be re-created in a new creation? Rather! They are disbelievers in the Meeting of their (True) Lord (Allah).
11. Say: The Angel of death who is set over you, will cause you to die, then to (Allah) your (real) Lord (Creator, Sustainer, and Ruler) you shall be (all) returned (for Judgment).
12. And if you could only see when the wicked will hang down their heads before (Allah) their (True) Lord (saying): (O Allah) ourLord! We have seen and we have heard, therefore send us back (to the world), we will do good (and follow the Messenger); surely (now) we are certain (in Faith).
13. And if We had willed, We would certainly have given to every person his Guidance, but the Word (which had gone forth) from Allah took effect (for theevildoers): That I will certainly fill Hell with jinn and mankind all together (who disbelieve in Me, My Messengers, and the Last Day).
14. So taste (the Torment of the Fire) because of your forgetting the Meeting of this Day of yours; (and) surely, We too will forget you (i.e., abandon you in the Fire); and taste the abiding Torment for what you used to do (of evil deeds).
15. Only those who believe in Our Verses, when they are reminded of them, fall down prostrate and glorify their (true) Lord (Allah) with praise, and they are not arrogant.
16. Their sides draw away from (their) beds (at night to pray), they call upon their (True) Lord (Allah) in (love), fear, and hope, and they spend (in charity) out of what We have given them.
17. So no one can imagine what (joy and blissful delight in Paradise) has been kept hidden for them, that which will delight (and comfort) the eyes; a reward for what they used to do (of good).
18. Is the one who is a believer like the one who is defiantly disobedient? They are not equal.
19. As for those who believe (in the Truth) and do righteous deeds, the Gardens are their abiding-place; as a welcome (from Him) for what they used to do (of righteousness).
20. And as for those who defiantly disobey (Allah and His Messengers), their Home of the Hereafter is the Fire; whenever they desire to go forth from it they will be brought back in, and it will be said to them: Taste you the Torment of the Hellfire which you used to deny.
21. And most certainly We shall make them taste of the nearer torment (in the world) before the greater Torment (in the Hereafter) so that they may (repent and) return (to Allah).
22. And who is more unjust than he who is reminded of the Verses of his (True) Lord (Allah) then turns away from them? Surely We (Allah) will exact retribution on the unbelievers (the deniers of the Truth of Islam).
23. And certainly We gave the Scripture (the Torah) to Moses, so be not in doubt about the receiving of him (i.e., meeting Moses in the night of your ascent), and We made it (the Torah) a Guide for the children of Israel.
24. And We made of them (the children of Israel) leaders who guided by Our Command, when they were patient, and they were certain in Our Revelations.
25. Surely (Allah) your Lord will judge between people on the Day of Resurrection about all that they used to differ.
26. Does it not teach them a lesson, how many of the (disbelieving) generations We (Allah) have destroyed before them? (People) in whose dwelling places they (themselves now) walk about? Most surely there are Signs in this; will they not then listen (and take heed)?
27. Do they not see that We (Allah) drive the water to a land having no vegetation, then We bring forth thereby crops of which their cattle and they themselves eat; will they not then see (the Truth of Resurrection and Judgment)?
28. And they say: When will this Judgment take place, if you are truthful?
29. Say: On the Day of Judgment, no benefit will it be to those who disbelieve if they (then) believe, nor will they be granted respite.
30. Therefore turn away from them and wait; surely they too are waiting.