Sura 32: Al-Sajdah (Prostration) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniMost Gracious,ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmiMost Merciful.

[32:1] A. L. M.*

الٓمٓalif-lam-meemA.L.M. ﴿١﴾

*32:1 The meaning of these letters is given in the next verse: "This book is, without a doubt, a revelation from the Lord of the universe." See Appendix 1 for the details.

[32:2] The book is, without a doubt, a revelation from the Lord of the universe.

تَنزِيلُtanzīluA revelation (of)ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe book / scripture,لَاlā(there is) noرَيْبَraybadoubtفِيهِfīhiabout it,مِنminfromرَّبِّrabbi(the) Lord (of)ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds / universe. ﴿٢﴾

[32:3] They said, "He fabricated it." Indeed, this is the truth from your Lord, to warn people who never received a warner before you, that they may be guided.

أَمْamOr doيَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say,ٱفْتَرَىٰهُif'tarāhu"He fabricated it?"بَلْbalNay / Rather هُوَhuwait (is)ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truthمِنminfromرَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lordلِتُنذِرَlitundhirathat you may warnقَوْمًاqawmana peopleمَّآmānotأَتَىٰهُمatāhumit came to themمِّنminanyنَّذِيرٍnadhīrinwarnerمِّنminfromقَبْلِكَqablikabefore youلَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they mayيَهْتَدُونَyahtadūna[they] be guided. ﴿٣﴾

[32:4] GOD is the One who created the heavens and the earth, and everything between them in six days, then assumed all authority. You have none beside Him as Lord, nor do you have an intercessor. Would you not take heed?

ٱللَّهُal-lahuGod (is)ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoخَلَقَkhalaqaHe createdٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earthوَمَاwamāand whatever (is)بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumābetween both of themفِىfīinسِتَّةِsittatisixأَيَّامٍayyāmindays.ثُمَّthummaThenٱسْتَوَىٰis'tawāHe firmly settledعَلَىʿalāuponٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshithe Throne.مَاmāNotلَكُمlakumfor you [all]مِّنminfromدُونِهِۦdūnihibesides Himمِنminanyوَلِىٍّwaliyyinprotector / lordوَلَاwalāand notشَفِيعٍshafīʿinany intercessor.أَفَلَاafalāThen will notتَتَذَكَّرُونَtatadhakkarūnayou [all] take heed? ﴿٤﴾

[32:5] All matters are controlled by Him from the heaven to the earth. To Him, the day is equivalent to one thousand of your years.

يُدَبِّرُyudabbiruHe arranges / manages / controlsٱلْأَمْرَl-amrathe matter / commandمِنَminaofٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heavenإِلَىilātoٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth;ثُمَّthummathenيَعْرُجُyaʿrujuit ascendsإِلَيْهِilayhito Himفِىfīinيَوْمٍyawmina day,كَانَkāna [it] wasمِقْدَارُهُۥٓmiq'dāruhuits measureأَلْفَalfaa thousandسَنَةٍsanatinyear(s)مِّمَّاmimmāof whatتَعُدُّونَtaʿuddūnayou [all] count. ﴿٥﴾

[32:6] Knower of all secrets and declarations; the Almighty, Most Merciful.

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)عَـٰلِمُʿālimu(the) Knower (of)ٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybithe hidden / secretوَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِwal-shahādatiand the testimony / declaration,ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuthe Almighty,ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuMost Merciful. ﴿٦﴾

[32:7] He is the One who perfected everything He created, and started the creation of the human from clay.

ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīThe One whoأَحْسَنَaḥsanaHe made best / excellent (perfected)كُلَّkullaeveryشَىْءٍshayinthingخَلَقَهُۥkhalaqahuHe created it,وَبَدَأَwabada-aand He startedخَلْقَkhalqa(the) creation (of)ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِl-insānithe man / humanمِنminfromطِينٍṭīninclay. ﴿٧﴾

[32:8] Then He continued his reproduction through a certain lowly liquid.

ثُمَّthummaThenجَعَلَjaʿalaHe madeنَسْلَهُۥnaslahuhis progeny / reproductionمِنminfromسُلَـٰلَةٍsulālatinan extract (certain kind)مِّنminofمَّآءٍmāinwater / liquidمَّهِينٍmahīnindespised / lowly. ﴿٨﴾

[32:9] He shaped him and blew into him from His spirit. And He gave you the hearing, the eyesight, and the brains; rarely are you thankful.

ثُمَّthummaThenسَوَّىٰهُsawwāhuHe shaped himوَنَفَخَwanafakhaand He blewفِيهِfīhiinto himمِنminfromرُّوحِهِۦrūḥihiHis spiritوَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand He madeلَكُمُlakumufor you [all]ٱلسَّمْعَl-samʿathe hearingوَٱلْأَبْصَـٰرَwal-abṣāraand the sightوَٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةَwal-afidataand [the] feelings / brains;قَلِيلًاqalīlanlittle / rarelyمَّاmā[that]تَشْكُرُونَtashkurūnayou [all] are thankful. ﴿٩﴾

[32:10] They wonder, "After we vanish into the earth, do we get created anew?" Thus, as regards meeting their Lord, they are disbelievers.

وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūAnd they said,أَءِذَاa-idhā"What! Whenضَلَلْنَاḍalalnāwe were lost / vanishedفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth,أَءِنَّاa-innāwill weلَفِىlafīsurely inخَلْقٍkhalqina creationجَدِيدٍۭjadīdinnew?"بَلْbalNay,هُمhumthey (are)بِلِقَآءِbiliqāiin meetingرَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lordكَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūnadisbelievers. ﴿١٠﴾

[32:11] Say, "You will be put to death by the angel in whose charge you are placed, then to your Lord you will be returned."

قُلْqulSay,يَتَوَفَّىٰكُمyatawaffākum"[He] puts you [all] to deathمَّلَكُmalakuangel (of)ٱلْمَوْتِl-mawti[the] deathٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one whoوُكِّلَwukkilahe was put in chargeبِكُمْbikumof you [all].ثُمَّthummaThenإِلَىٰilātoرَبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lordتُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou [all] will return." ﴿١١﴾

[32:12] If only you could see the guilty when they bow down their heads before their Lord: "Our Lord, now we have seen and we have heard. Send us back and we will be righteous. Now we have attained certainty."*

وَلَوْwalawAnd ifتَرَىٰٓtarāyou (could) seeإِذِidhiwhenٱلْمُجْرِمُونَl-muj'rimūnathe guilty [ones]نَاكِسُوا۟nākisū[they] lower / bow downرُءُوسِهِمْruūsihimtheir headsعِندَʿindain the presence / beforeرَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord,رَبَّنَآrabbanā"Our Lordأَبْصَرْنَاabṣarnāwe sawوَسَمِعْنَاwasamiʿ'nāand we heard,فَٱرْجِعْنَاfa-ir'jiʿ'nāso send us back,نَعْمَلْnaʿmalwe will doصَـٰلِحًاṣāliḥanrighteous (deeds).إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we (are now)مُوقِنُونَmūqinūnathose who are certain." ﴿١٢﴾

*32:12 If sent back, they would commit the same transgressions. See Footnote 6:28.

[32:13] Had we willed, we could have given every soul its guidance, but it is already predetermined that I will fill Hell with jinns and humans, all together.*

وَلَوْwalawAnd ifشِئْنَاshi'nāwe willed,لَـَٔاتَيْنَاlaātaynāsurely we could have givenكُلَّkullaeveryنَفْسٍnafsinsoulهُدَىٰهَاhudāhāits guidance,وَلَـٰكِنْwalākinbutحَقَّḥaqqatrue (is)ٱلْقَوْلُl-qawluthe wordمِنِّىminnīfrom Me,لَأَمْلَأَنَّla-amla-annasurely I will fillجَهَنَّمَjahannamaHellمِنَminawithٱلْجِنَّةِl-jinatithe jinnsوَٱلنَّاسِwal-nāsiand the people / humansأَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall together. ﴿١٣﴾

*32:13 The majority of humans "insist" upon going to Hell, by choosing to ignore God's invitations to redeem them. God will not put a single person in Hell. Those who fail to redeem themselves by denouncing idolatry and devoting themselves to God ALONE, and fail to develop their souls through the practices prescribed by our Creator, will have to run to Hell on their own volition. They will be too weak to stand the physical presence of God's energy.

[32:14] Taste the consequences of your forgetting this day; now we forget you. You have incurred eternal retribution in return for your own works.

فَذُوقُوا۟fadhūqūSo taste [you all]بِمَاbimābecauseنَسِيتُمْnasītumyou [all] forgotلِقَآءَliqāa(the) meeting (of)يَوْمِكُمْyawmikumyour dayهَـٰذَآhādhāthis.إِنَّاinnāIndeed, weنَسِينَـٰكُمْnasīnākum[we] forgot you [all].وَذُوقُوا۟wadhūqūAnd taste [you all]عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) retribution (of)ٱلْخُلْدِl-khul'di[the] eternityبِمَاbimāfor whatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] used toتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna[you all] do." ﴿١٤﴾

[32:15] The only people who truly believe in our revelations are those who fall prostrate upon hearing them. They glorify and praise their Lord, without any arrogance.

إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyيُؤْمِنُyu'minu[he] believesبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin our verses / revelationsٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoإِذَاidhāwhenذُكِّرُوا۟dhukkirūthey were remindedبِهَاbihāof themخَرُّوا۟kharrūthey fell downسُجَّدًاsujjadanprostratingوَسَبَّحُوا۟wasabbaḥūand they glorifiedبِحَمْدِbiḥamdiin praise (of)رَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord,وَهُمْwahumand theyلَاlānotيَسْتَكْبِرُونَyastakbirūnathey are arrogant. ﴿١٥﴾

[32:16] Their sides readily forsake their beds, in order to worship their Lord, out of reverence and hope, and from our provisions to them, they give.

تَتَجَافَىٰtatajāfā[It] forsakesجُنُوبُهُمْjunūbuhumtheir sidesعَنِʿanifromٱلْمَضَاجِعِl-maḍājiʿithe bedsيَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey callرَبَّهُمْrabbahumtheir Lordخَوْفًاkhawfan(in) fear / reverenceوَطَمَعًاwaṭamaʿanand hope,وَمِمَّاwamimmāand from whatرَزَقْنَـٰهُمْrazaqnāhumwe provided themيُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnathey spend / give. ﴿١٦﴾

[32:17] You have no idea how much joy and happiness are waiting for you as a reward for your (righteous) works.

فَلَاfalāAnd notتَعْلَمُtaʿlamu[it] knowsنَفْسٌnafsuna soulمَّآmāwhatأُخْفِىَukh'fiyait was hidden / unperceivedلَهُمlahumfor themمِّنminofقُرَّةِqurrati(the) comfort*أَعْيُنٍaʿyunin(for the) eyes (*joy)جَزَآءًۢjazāan(as) a rewardبِمَاbimāfor whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] do. ﴿١٧﴾

[32:18] Is one who is a believer the same as one who is wicked? They are not equal.

أَفَمَنafamanThen is one whoكَانَkānahe wasمُؤْمِنًاmu'minana believerكَمَنkamanlike (him) whoكَانَkānahe wasفَاسِقًاfāsiqandefiantly disobedient / wicked?لَّاlāNotيَسْتَوُۥنَyastawūnathey are equal. ﴿١٨﴾

[32:19] As for those who believe and lead a righteous life, they have deserved the eternal Paradise. Such is their abode, in return for their works.

أَمَّاammāAs forٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believedوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand [they] didٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti[the] righteous deeds,فَلَهُمْfalahumthen for them (is)جَنَّـٰتُjannātuParadise (of)ٱلْمَأْوَىٰl-mawāthe abodeنُزُلًۢاnuzulanhospitalityبِمَاbimāfor whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] do. ﴿١٩﴾

[32:20] As for the wicked, their destiny is Hell. Every time they try to leave it, they will be forced back. They will be told, "Taste the agony of Hell which you used to disbelieve in."

وَأَمَّاwa-ammāBut as forٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoفَسَقُوا۟fasaqū[they] turned defiant / wickedفَمَأْوَىٰهُمُfamawāhumuthen their refuge (is)ٱلنَّارُl-nāruthe Fire / Hell. كُلَّمَآkullamāEvery timeأَرَادُوٓا۟arādūthey wishedأَنanthatيَخْرُجُوا۟yakhrujūthey leaveمِنْهَآmin'hāfrom it,أُعِيدُوا۟uʿīdūthey were returnedفِيهَاfīhāin it,وَقِيلَwaqīlaand it was saidلَهُمْlahumto them,ذُوقُوا۟dhūqū"Taste [you all]عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment / agony (of)ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire / Hellٱلَّذِىalladhīwhichكُنتُمkuntumyou [all] used toبِهِۦbihi[in it]تُكَذِّبُونَtukadhibūna[you all] deny / disbelieve." ﴿٢٠﴾

[32:21] We let them taste the smaller retribution (of this world), before they incur the greater retribution (of the Hereafter), that they may (take a hint and) reform.

وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُمwalanudhīqannahumAnd surely we will have them tasteمِّنَminafromٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe retributionٱلْأَدْنَىٰl-adnāthe nearer / smallerدُونَdūnabeforeٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe retributionٱلْأَكْبَرِl-akbarithe greater,لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they mayيَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūna[they] return (reform). ﴿٢١﴾

[32:22] Who is more evil than one who is reminded of these revelations of his Lord, then insists upon disregarding them? We will certainly punish the guilty.

وَمَنْwamanAnd who (is)أَظْلَمُaẓlamumore unjust / evilمِمَّنmimmanthan (he) whoذُكِّرَdhukkirahe was remindedبِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiof (the) verses / revelationsرَبِّهِۦrabbihi(of) his Lord,ثُمَّthummathenأَعْرَضَaʿraḍahe turned awayعَنْهَآʿanhāconcerning it?إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we (are)مِنَminauponٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīnathe guilty onesمُنتَقِمُونَmuntaqimūnathose who punish. ﴿٢٢﴾

[32:23] We have given Moses the scripture - do not harbor any doubt about meeting Him - and we made it a guide for the Children of Israel.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainlyءَاتَيْنَاātaynāwe gaveمُوسَىmūsāMosesٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scripture,فَلَاfalāso (do) notتَكُنtakunyou beفِىfīinمِرْيَةٍmir'yatindoubtمِّنminaboutلِّقَآئِهِۦliqāihimeeting Him.وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُwajaʿalnāhuAnd we made itهُدًىhudana guideلِّبَنِىٓlibanīfor (the) Children (of) إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīlaIsrael. ﴿٢٣﴾

[32:24] We appointed from among them imams who guided in accordance with our commandments, because they steadfastly persevered and attained certainty about our revelations.

وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd we madeمِنْهُمْmin'humfrom themأَئِمَّةًa-immatanleaders / imamsيَهْدُونَyahdūnathey guideبِأَمْرِنَاbi-amrināby our commandلَمَّاlammāwhenصَبَرُوا۟ṣabarūthey were steadfastوَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they wereبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināof our verses / revelationsيُوقِنُونَyūqinūna[they are] certain. ﴿٢٤﴾

[32:25] Your Lord is the One who will judge them on the Day of Resurrection, regarding everything they disputed.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,رَبَّكَrabbakayour LordهُوَhuwaHeيَفْصِلُyafṣilu[He] will judgeبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween themيَوْمَyawma(on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati[the] Resurrectionفِيمَاfīmāin whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toفِيهِfīhi[in it]يَخْتَلِفُونَyakhtalifūna[they] differ / dispute. ﴿٢٥﴾

[32:26] Does it ever occur to them how many generations we have annihilated before them? They now live and walk in their ancestors' homes. This should provide sufficient proofs. Do they not hear?

أَوَلَمْawalamDoes notيَهْدِyahdiit guide / occurلَهُمْlahumto themكَمْkamhow manyأَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāwe destroyed / annihilatedمِنminfromقَبْلِهِمqablihimbefore themمِّنَminaofٱلْقُرُونِl-qurūnithe generations?يَمْشُونَyamshūnaThey walk aboutفِىfīinمَسَـٰكِنِهِمْmasākinihimtheir homes.إِنَّinnaIndeed,فِىfīinذَٰلِكَdhālikathatلَـَٔايَـٰتٍlaāyātinsurely are signs / proofs.أَفَلَاafalāThen do notيَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūnathey hear? ﴿٢٦﴾

[32:27] Do they not realize that we drive the water to barren lands, and produce with it crops to feed their livestock, as well as themselves? Do they not see?

أَوَلَمْawalamDo notيَرَوْا۟yarawthey seeأَنَّاannāthat weنَسُوقُnasūqu[we] driveٱلْمَآءَl-māa[the] waterإِلَىilātoٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe landٱلْجُرُزِl-juruzi[the] barren,فَنُخْرِجُfanukh'rijuthen we produceبِهِۦbihitherebyزَرْعًاzarʿancrops,تَأْكُلُtakulu[it] eatsمِنْهُmin'hufrom itأَنْعَـٰمُهُمْanʿāmuhumtheir cattle / livestockوَأَنفُسُهُمْwa-anfusuhumand themselves?أَفَلَاafalāThen do notيُبْصِرُونَyub'ṣirūnathey see? ﴿٢٧﴾

[32:28] They challenge: "Where is that victory, if you are truthful?"

وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaAnd they say,مَتَىٰmatā"When (will be)هَـٰذَاhādhāthisٱلْفَتْحُl-fatḥu[the] decision / victory,إِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] areصَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful [ones]?" ﴿٢٨﴾

[32:29] Say, "The day such a victory comes, believing will not benefit those who did not believe before that, nor will they be given another chance."

قُلْqulSay,يَوْمَyawma"(On the) day (of)ٱلْفَتْحِl-fatḥithe decision / victory,لَاlānotيَنفَعُyanfaʿuit will benefitٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوٓا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedإِيمَـٰنُهُمْīmānuhumtheir beliefوَلَاwalāand notهُمْhumtheyيُنظَرُونَyunẓarūna[they] will be respited / reprieved." ﴿٢٩﴾

[32:30] Therefore, disregard them and wait, they too are waiting.

فَأَعْرِضْfa-aʿriḍSo turn awayعَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom themوَٱنتَظِرْwa-intaẓirand wait.إِنَّهُمinnahumIndeed, they (are)مُّنتَظِرُونَmuntaẓirūnathose who wait. ﴿٣٠﴾

Sura 32: Al-Sajdah (Prostration) السجدة

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