# 32. Surah As-Sajdah

> سورة السجدة — The Prostration · 30 verses · Mushaf page: 415

- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah
- **Translation:** Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

_In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful._

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

## Verse 1

الٓـمٓ۠

Alif-lam-meem

alif lām mīm

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-1.md_

## Verse 2

تَنْز۪يلُ الْكِتَابِ لَا رَيْبَ ف۪يهِ مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَۜ

Tanzeelu alkitabi la raybafeehi min rabbi alAAalameen

The revelation of the Writ about which there is no doubt, from the Lord of All Creation.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-2.md_

## Verse 3

اَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرٰيهُۚ بَلْ هُوَ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكَ لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْماً مَٓا اَتٰيهُمْ مِنْ نَذ۪يرٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ

Am yaqooloona iftarahu bal huwa alhaqqumin rabbika litunthira qawman ma atahum minnatheerin min qablika laAAallahum yahtadoon

If they say: “He has invented it,” the truth is: it is the truth from thy Lord, that thou warn a people to whom no warner came before thee, that they might be guided.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-3.md_

## Verse 4

اَللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ف۪ي سِتَّةِ اَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوٰى عَلَى الْعَرْشِۜ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِه۪ مِنْ وَلِيٍّ وَلَا شَف۪يعٍۜ اَفَلَا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ

Allahu allathee khalaqa assamawatiwal-arda wama baynahuma fee sittatiayyamin thumma istawa AAala alAAarshi malakum min doonihi min waliyyin wala shafeeAAin afalatatathakkaroon

God is He who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six days, then established Himself upon the Throne. You have not, besides Him, any ally or intercessor. Will you then not take heed!

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-4.md_

## Verse 5

يُدَبِّرُ الْاَمْرَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ اِلَى الْاَرْضِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ اِلَيْهِ ف۪ي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُٓ اَلْفَ سَنَةٍ مِمَّا تَعُدُّونَ

Yudabbiru al-amra mina assama-iila al-ardi thumma yaAAruju ilayhi fee yawmin kanamiqdaruhu alfa sanatin mimma taAAuddoon

He directs the matter from the heaven to the earth; then it rises to Him in a day the measure whereof is a thousand years of what you count.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-5.md_

## Verse 6

ذٰلِكَ عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ الْعَز۪يزُ الرَّح۪يمُۙ

Thalika AAalimu alghaybi washshahadatialAAazeezu arraheem

That is the Knower of the Unseen and the Seen, the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-6.md_

## Verse 7

اَلَّـذ۪ٓي اَحْسَنَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ وَبَدَاَ خَلْقَ الْاِنْسَانِ مِنْ ط۪ينٍۚ

Allathee ahsana kulla shay-inkhalaqahu wabadaa khalqa al-insani min teen

Who made good everything He created, and began the creation of man from clay;

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-7.md_

## Verse 8

ثُمَّ جَعَلَ نَسْلَهُ مِنْ سُلَالَةٍ مِنْ مَٓاءٍ مَه۪ينٍۚ

Thumma jaAAala naslahu min sulalatinmin ma-in maheen

Then He made his progeny of an extraction of despised water;

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-8.md_

## Verse 9

ثُمَّ سَوّٰيهُ وَنَفَخَ ف۪يهِ مِنْ رُوحِه۪ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْاَبْصَارَ وَالْاَفْـِٔدَةَۜ قَل۪يلاً مَا تَشْكُرُونَ

Thumma sawwahu wanafakha feehi min roohihiwajaAAala lakumu assamAAa wal-absara wal-af-idataqaleelan ma tashkuroon

Then He fashioned him, and breathed into him of His Spirit; and He made for you hearing and sight and hearts; little are you grateful.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-9.md_

## Verse 10

وَقَالُٓوا ءَاِذَا ضَلَلْنَا فِي الْاَرْضِ ءَاِنَّا لَف۪ي خَلْقٍ جَد۪يدٍۜ بَلْ هُمْ بِلِقَٓاءِ رَبِّهِمْ كَافِرُونَ

Waqaloo a-itha dalalnafee al-ardi a-inna lafee khalqin jadeedin bal humbiliqa-i rabbihim kafiroon

And they say: “When we are lost in the earth, will we be in a new creation?” The truth is, they are of the meeting with their Lord deniers.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-10.md_

## Verse 11

قُلْ يَتَوَفّٰيكُمْ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ الَّذ۪ي وُكِّلَ بِكُمْ ثُمَّ اِلٰى رَبِّكُمْ تُرْجَعُونَ۟

Qul yatawaffakum malaku almawti allatheewukkila bikum thumma ila rabbikum turjaAAoon

Say thou: “There will take you the angel of death who has been given charge of you; then to your Lord will you be returned.”

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-11.md_

## Verse 12

وَلَوْ تَرٰٓى اِذِ الْمُجْرِمُونَ نَاكِسُوا رُؤُ۫سِهِمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْۜ رَبَّـنَٓا اَبْصَرْنَا وَسَمِعْنَا فَارْجِعْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَـالِحاً اِنَّا مُوقِنُونَ

Walaw tara ithi almujrimoona nakisooruoosihim AAinda rabbihim rabbana absarnawasamiAAna faarjiAAna naAAmal salihaninna mooqinoon

And if thou couldst see when the lawbreakers will hang their heads before their Lord: “Our Lord: we have seen and heard, so send Thou us back. We will work righteousness! We are those who are certain!”

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-12.md_

## Verse 13

وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَاٰتَيْنَا كُلَّ نَفْسٍ هُدٰيهَا وَلٰكِنْ حَقَّ الْقَوْلُ مِنّ۪ي لَاَمْلَـَٔنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ اَجْمَع۪ينَ

Walaw shi-na laataynakulla nafsin hudaha walakin haqqaalqawlu minnee laamlaanna jahannama mina aljinnati wannasiajmaAAeen

And had We willed, We could have given every soul its guidance. But the word from Me is binding: “I will fill Gehenna with the jinna and mankind all together!”

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-13.md_

## Verse 14

فَذُوقُوا بِمَا نَس۪يتُمْ لِقَٓاءَ يَوْمِكُمْ هٰذَاۚ اِنَّا نَس۪ينَاكُمْ وَذُوقُوا عَذَابَ الْخُلْدِ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Fathooqoo bima naseetum liqaayawmikum hatha inna naseenakum wathooqooAAathaba alkhuldi bima kuntum taAAmaloon

“So taste! Because you forgot the meeting of this your day, We have forgotten you. And taste the punishment of eternity because of what you did!”

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-14.md_

## Verse 15

اِنَّمَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاٰيَاتِنَا الَّذ۪ينَ اِذَا ذُكِّرُوا بِهَا خَرُّوا سُجَّداً وَسَبَّحُوا بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

Innama yu/minu bi-ayatinaallatheena itha thukkiroo bihakharroo sujjadan wasabbahoo bihamdi rabbihim wahumla yastakbiroon

Only those believe in Our proofs who, when they are reminded thereof, fall down in submission; and they give glory with the praise of their Lord, and they wax not proud.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-15.md_

## Verse 16

تَتَجَافٰى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفاً وَطَمَعاًۘ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنْفِقُونَ

Tatajafa junoobuhum AAani almadajiAAiyadAAoona rabbahum khawfan watamaAAan wamimmarazaqnahum yunfiqoon

Their sides forsake their beds; they call to their Lord in fear and hope, and of what We have provided them they spend.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-16.md_

## Verse 17

فَلَا تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَٓا اُخْفِيَ لَهُمْ مِنْ قُرَّةِ اَعْيُنٍۚ جَزَٓاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Fala taAAlamu nafsun maokhfiya lahum min qurrati aAAyunin jazaan bima kanooyaAAmaloon

And no soul knows what has been hidden for them as a comfort of the eyes as reward for what they did.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-17.md_

## Verse 18

اَفَمَنْ كَانَ مُؤْمِناً كَمَنْ كَانَ فَاسِقاًۜ لَا يَسْتَوُ۫نَ

Afaman kana mu/minan kaman kanafasiqan la yastawoon

Is then he who is a believer like him who is perfidious? They are not equal.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-18.md_

## Verse 19

اَمَّا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ فَلَهُمْ جَنَّاتُ الْمَأْوٰىۘ نُزُلاً بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Amma allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati falahum jannatualma/wa nuzulan bima kanoo yaAAmaloon

As for those who heed warning and do righteous deeds: for them are the Gardens of Shelter as a welcome for what they did.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-19.md_

## Verse 20

وَاَمَّا الَّذ۪ينَ فَسَقُوا فَمَأْوٰيهُمُ النَّارُۜ  كُلَّمَٓا اَرَادُٓوا اَنْ يَخْرُجُوا مِنْهَٓا اُع۪يدُوا ف۪يهَا وَق۪يلَ لَهُمْ ذُوقُوا عَذَابَ النَّارِ الَّذ۪ي كُنْتُمْ بِه۪ تُكَذِّبُونَ

Waamma allatheena fasaqoofama/wahumu annaru kullama aradooan yakhrujoo minha oAAeedoo feeha waqeela lahum thooqooAAathaba annari allathee kuntum bihitukaththiboon

And as for those who are perfidious: their shelter is the Fire. As often as they desire to come out therefrom, they are brought back into it; and it is said to them: “Taste the punishment of the Fire which you denied!”

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-20.md_

## Verse 21

وَلَنُذ۪يقَنَّهُمْ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْاَدْنٰى دُونَ الْعَذَابِ الْاَكْبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

Walanutheeqannahum mina alAAathabial-adna doona alAAathabi al-akbari laAAallahumyarjiAAoon

And We will let them taste of the lower punishment before the greater, that they might return.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-21.md_

## Verse 22

وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ ذُكِّرَ بِاٰيَاتِ رَبِّه۪ ثُمَّ اَعْرَضَ عَنْهَاۜ اِنَّا مِنَ الْمُجْرِم۪ينَ مُنْتَقِمُونَ۟

Waman athlamu mimman thukkirabi-ayati rabbihi thumma aAArada AAanhainna mina almujrimeena muntaqimoon

And who is more unjust than he who is reminded of the proofs of his Lord, then turns away therefrom? We will take vengeance on the lawbreakers.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-22.md_

## Verse 23

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ فَلَا تَكُنْ ف۪ي مِرْيَةٍ مِنْ لِقَٓائِه۪ وَجَعَلْنَاهُ هُدًى لِبَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَۚ

Walaqad atayna moosaalkitaba fala takun fee miryatin min liqa-ihiwajaAAalnahu hudan libanee isra-eel

And We gave Moses the Writ, — so be thou not in doubt about his meeting — and We appointed it as guidance for the children of Israel.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-23.md_

## Verse 24

وَجَعَلْنَا مِنْهُمْ اَئِمَّةً يَهْدُونَ بِاَمْرِنَا لَمَّا صَبَرُواۜ وَكَانُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا يُوقِنُونَ

WajaAAalna minhum a-immatan yahdoonabi-amrina lamma sabaroo wakanoo bi-ayatinayooqinoon

And We appointed among them leaders guiding by Our command when they were patient and of Our proofs were certain.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-24.md_

## Verse 25

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ ف۪يمَا كَانُوا ف۪يهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ

Inna rabbaka huwa yafsilu baynahumyawma alqiyamati feema kanoo feehiyakhtalifoon

Thy Lord will decide between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein they differed.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-25.md_

## Verse 26

اَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ ف۪ي مَسَاكِنِهِمْۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍۜ اَفَلَا يَسْمَعُونَ

Awa lam yahdi lahum kam ahlakna minqablihim mina alqurooni yamshoona fee masakinihim inna feethalika laayatin afala yasmaAAoon

Does it not guide them, how many generations We destroyed before them among whose dwellings they walk? In that are proofs. Will they then not hear!

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-26.md_

## Verse 27

اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اَنَّا نَسُوقُ الْمَٓاءَ اِلَى الْاَرْضِ الْجُرُزِ فَنُخْرِجُ بِه۪ زَرْعاً تَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ اَنْعَامُهُمْ وَاَنْفُسُهُمْۜ اَفَلَا يُبْصِرُونَ

Awa lam yaraw anna nasooqu almaaila al-ardi aljuruzi fanukhriju bihi zarAAanta-kulu minhu anAAamuhum waanfusuhum afala yubsiroon

Have they not considered that We drive the water to the barren land, and bring forth therewith crops whereof their cattle and they themselves eat? Will they then not see!

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-27.md_

## Verse 28

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتٰى هٰذَا الْفَتْحُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِق۪ينَ

Wayaqooloona mata hatha alfathuin kuntum sadiqeen

And they say: “When is this decision, if you be truthful?”

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-28.md_

## Verse 29

قُلْ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ لَا يَنْفَعُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا ا۪يمَانُهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْظَرُونَ

Qul yawma alfathi la yanfaAAuallatheena kafaroo eemanuhum wala hum yuntharoon

Say thou: “On the Day of Decision, the faith of those who ignore warning will not benefit them, nor will they be granted respite.”

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-29.md_

## Verse 30

فَاَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ وَانْتَظِرْ اِنَّهُمْ مُنْتَظِرُونَ

FaaAArid AAanhum wantathirinnahum muntathiroon

So turn thou away from them, and wait thou — they are waiting.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-30.md_

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