As-Sajdah

In the name of God,
the Gracious, the Merciful.
1. Alif, Lam, Meem.
2. The revelation of the Book, without a
doubt, is from the Lord of the Universe.
3. Yet they say, “He made it up.” In fact, it
is the Truth from your Lord, to warn a
people who received no warner before
you, that they may be guided.
4. God is He who created the heavens and
the earth and everything between them in

six days, and then established Himself on
the Throne. Apart from Him, you have no
master and no intercessor. Will you not
reflect?
5. He regulates all affairs, from the heavens,
to the earth. Then it ascends to Him
on a Day the length of which is a thousand
years by your count.
6. That is the Knower of the Invisible and
the Visible, the Powerful, the Merciful.
7. He who perfected everything He created,
and originated the creation of man
from clay.
8. Then made his reproduction from an
extract of an insignificant fluid.
9. Then He proportioned him, and
breathed into him of His Spirit. Then He
gave you the hearing, the eyesight, and the
brains—but rarely do you give thanks.
10. And they say, “When we are lost into
the earth, shall we be in a new creation?”
In fact, they deny the meeting with their
Lord.
11. Say, “The angel of death put in charge
of you will reclaim you. Then to your Lord
you will be returned.”
12. If only you could see the guilty, bowing
their heads before their Lord: “Our Lord,
we have seen and we have heard, so send
us back, and we will act righteously; we are
now convinced.”
13. Had We willed, We could have given
every soul its guidance, but the declaration
from Me will come true, “I will fill Hell
with jinn and humans, altogether.”
14. So taste, because you forgot the meeting
of this Day of yours; We have forgotten
you; so taste the eternal torment for
what you used to do.
15. They believe in Our communications,
those who, when reminded of them, fall
down prostrate, and glorify their Lord
with praise, and are not proud.
16. Their sides shun their beds, as they
pray to their Lord, out of reverence and
hope, and from Our provisions to them,
they give.
17. No soul knows what eye’s delight
awaits them—a reward for what they used
to do.
18. Is someone who is faithful like someone
who is a sinner? They are not equal.
19. As for those who believe and do righteous
deeds, for them are the Gardens of
Shelter—hospitality for what they used to
do.
20. But as for those who transgressed, their
shelter is the Fire. Every time they try to
get out of it, they are brought back into it,
and it will be said to them, “Taste the suffering
of the Fire which you used to deny.”
21. We will make them taste the lesser
torment, prior to the greater torment, so
that they may return.
22. Who is more wrong than he, who,
when reminded of his Lord’s revelations,
turns away from them? We will certainly
wreak vengeance upon the criminals.
23. We gave Moses the Book; so do not be
in doubt regarding His encounter; and We
made it a guidance for the Children of
Israel.
24. And We appointed leaders from among
them, guiding by Our command, as long
as they persevered and were certain of Our
communications.
25. Your Lord will judge between them on
the Day of Resurrection regarding everything
they had disputed.
26. Is it not a lesson for them, how many
generations We have destroyed before
them, in whose habitations they walk?
Surely in that are signs. Do they not hear?
27. Do they not see how We conduct the
water to a dry land, and with it We produce
vegetation, from which their livestock
eat, and themselves? Do they not
see?
28. And they say, “When is this victory, if
you are truthful?”
29. Say, “On the day of victory, the faith of
those who disbelieved will be of no avail to
them, and they will not be given respite.”
30. So turn away from them and wait. They
too are waiting.