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Sūrah As-Sajdah
السجدة · The Prostration · 30 āyāt · revealed in Makkah · #75 in the order of revelation
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Themes in order
01The revelation, beyond doubt, from the Lord of the worldsāyāt 1-3
Alif, Lām, Mīm. [This is] the revelation of the Book about which there is no doubt from the Lord of the worlds. Or do they say, he has invented it? Rather, it is the truth from your Lord so that you may warn a people to whom no warner has come before you.
02Six days of creation, then established above the Throneāyāt 4-6
It is Allah who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six days, then established Himself above the Throne. You have not besides Him any protector or intercessor. 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.
03From clay, then a despised fluid, then hearing, sight and heartsāyāt 7-9
He who perfected everything which He created and began the creation of man from clay. Then He made his posterity out of the extract of a liquid disdained. 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.
04When we are lost in the earth, will we be a new creation?āyāt 10-11
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. Say, the angel of death who is charged with you will take you, then to your Lord you will be returned.
05Their sides forsake their beds, calling their Lord in fear and hopeāyāt 15-17
Only those believe in Our verses who, when they are reminded by them, fall down in prostration and exalt with praise of their Lord, and they are not arrogant. Their sides forsake their beds, and they supplicate their Lord in fear and hope, and they spend from what We have provided them. No soul knows what has been hidden for them of comfort for eyes as reward for what they used to do.
06Is the believer like the defiantly disobedient? Never equalāyāt 18-20
Then is one who was a believer like one who was defiantly disobedient? They are not equal. As for those who believed and did righteous deeds, for them are the Gardens of Refuge as accommodation for what they used to do.
07Leaders through patience, guided by Our commandāyāt 23-25
And We certainly gave Moses the Scripture, so do not be in doubt over his meeting; and We made it guidance for the Children of Israel. And We made from among them leaders guiding by Our command when they were patient and were certain of Our signs.
Allah's names in this sūrah
Which names Allah uses here, and why
Sūrat As-Sajdah names Allah in 4 distinct ways across its āyāt; Al-ʿAzīz, Ar- fall at the close of āyāt, where reads the name as the ground the āyah stands on. A name is never decoration: tafsīr reads the name chosen as part of the āyah's argument. Learn each one, where it falls in Sūrah As-Sajdah, and what it asks of you.
Key takeaways
- The Qur'an's authenticity rests on more than assertion; it is tied to its unmatched nature.
- The Prophet's ﷺ mission addressed a genuine gap left by centuries without a warner among the Arabs.
- Doubt about revelation is answered in the Qur'an directly, not avoided.
- Creation in six days is affirmed as a real fact of revelation, its exact nature entrusted to Allah's knowledge.
- No protector or intercessor exists besides Allah in matters of true reliance.
- The vastness of Allah's governance is illustrated through cosmic scales of time and distance.
- Human origin from a 'disdained fluid' is meant to counter arrogance, not induce shame.
- Hearing, sight and the heart are named as faculties owed gratitude, in that order.
- The verse ends with a direct rebuke: 'little are you grateful,' calling for self-examination.
- Objections to resurrection based on decomposition ignore the greater power shown in initial creation.
- Death is described as an appointed, ordered process carried out by a specific angel.
- The real issue behind resurrection denial is disbelief in meeting Allah, not mere confusion about biology.
- Night prayer, performed privately, is highlighted as a defining mark of sincere belief.
- True worship combines both fear and hope in supplication, not one alone.
- The reward for such hidden devotion is itself described as hidden — beyond anything imaginable.
- Spending from what Allah has provided is named alongside prayer, joining private worship with material generosity.
- Belief and defiant disobedience are declared explicitly unequal, not matters of degree.
- Reward in the Hereafter is tied to sustained righteous deeds, not belief in isolation.
- The rhetorical question format invites the reader to affirm the obvious moral contrast themselves.
- Patience and certainty are named as the two qualifying pillars for spiritual leadership.
- Leadership in guiding others is earned through cultivated character, not inherited status.
- The example of the Children of Israel shows that even a nation later plagued by division once produced such leaders.