Surah As-Sajda

الٓمٓ

Alif. Lam. Mim.

تَنزِيلُٱلْكِتَٰبِلَارَيْبَفِيهِمِنرَّبِّٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

The bestowal from on high of this divine writ issues, beyond any doubt, from the Sustainer of all the worlds:

أَمْيَقُولُونَٱفْتَرَىٰهُبَلْهُوَٱلْحَقُّمِنرَّبِّكَلِتُنذِرَقَوْمًۭامَّآأَتَىٰهُممِّننَّذِيرٍۢمِّنقَبْلِكَلَعَلَّهُمْيَهْتَدُونَ

and yet, they [who are bent on denying the truth] assert, “[Muhammad] has invented it!” Nay, but it is the truth from thy Sustainer, enabling thee to warn [this] people to whom no warner has come before thee, so that they might follow the right path.

ٱللَّهُٱلَّذِىخَلَقَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضَوَمَابَيْنَهُمَافِىسِتَّةِأَيَّامٍۢثُمَّٱسْتَوَىٰعَلَىٱلْعَرْشِمَالَكُممِّندُونِهِۦمِنوَلِىٍّۢوَلَاشَفِيعٍأَفَلَاتَتَذَكَّرُونَ

IT IS GOD who has created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in six aeons, and is established on the throne of His almightiness. You have none to protect you from God, and none to intercede for you [on Judgment Day]: will you not, then, bethink yourselves?

يُدَبِّرُٱلْأَمْرَمِنَٱلسَّمَآءِإِلَىٱلْأَرْضِثُمَّيَعْرُجُإِلَيْهِفِىيَوْمٍۢكَانَمِقْدَارُهُۥٓأَلْفَسَنَةٍۢمِّمَّاتَعُدُّونَ

He governs all that exists, from the celestial space to the earth; and in the end all shall ascend unto Him [for judgment] on a Day the length whereof will be [like] a thousand years of your reckoning.

ذَٰلِكَعَٰلِمُٱلْغَيْبِوَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِٱلْعَزِيزُٱلرَّحِيمُ

Such is He who knows all that is beyond the reach of a created being’s perception, as well as all that can be witnessed by a creature’s senses or mind: the Almighty, the Dispenser of Grace,

ٱلَّذِىٓأَحْسَنَكُلَّشَىْءٍخَلَقَهُۥوَبَدَأَخَلْقَٱلْإِنسَٰنِمِنطِينٍۢ

who makes most excellent everything that He creates. Thus, He begins the creation of man out of clay;

ثُمَّجَعَلَنَسْلَهُۥمِنسُلَٰلَةٍۢمِّنمَّآءٍۢمَّهِينٍۢ

then He causes him to be begotten out of the essence of a humble fluid;

ثُمَّسَوَّىٰهُوَنَفَخَفِيهِمِنرُّوحِهِۦوَجَعَلَلَكُمُٱلسَّمْعَوَٱلْأَبْصَٰرَوَٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةَقَلِيلًۭامَّاتَشْكُرُونَ

and then He forms him in accordance with what he is meant to be, and breathes into him of His spirit: and [thus, O men,] He endows you with hearing, and sight, and feelings as well as minds: [yet] how seldom are you grateful!

وَقَالُوٓا۟أَءِذَاضَلَلْنَافِىٱلْأَرْضِأَءِنَّالَفِىخَلْقٍۢجَدِيدٍۭبَلْهُمبِلِقَآءِرَبِّهِمْكَٰفِرُونَ

For, [many are] they [who] say, “What! After we have been [dead and] lost in the earth, shall we indeed be [restored to life] in a new act of crea­tion?” Nay, but [by saying this] they deny the truth that they are destined to meet their Sustainer!

قُلْيَتَوَفَّىٰكُممَّلَكُٱلْمَوْتِٱلَّذِىوُكِّلَبِكُمْثُمَّإِلَىٰرَبِّكُمْتُرْجَعُونَ

Say: “[One day,] the angel of death who has been given charge of you will gather you, and then unto your Sustainer you will be brought back.”

وَلَوْتَرَىٰٓإِذِٱلْمُجْرِمُونَنَاكِسُوا۟رُءُوسِهِمْعِندَرَبِّهِمْرَبَّنَآأَبْصَرْنَاوَسَمِعْنَافَٱرْجِعْنَانَعْمَلْصَٰلِحًاإِنَّامُوقِنُونَ

If thou couldst but see [how it will be on Judgment Day], when those who are lost in sin will hang their heads before their Sustainer, [saying:] “O our Sustainer! [Now] we have seen, and we have heard! Return us, then, [to our earthly life] that we may do good deeds: for [now], behold, we are certain [of the truth]!”

وَلَوْشِئْنَالَءَاتَيْنَاكُلَّنَفْسٍهُدَىٰهَاوَلَٰكِنْحَقَّٱلْقَوْلُمِنِّىلَأَمْلَأَنَّجَهَنَّمَمِنَٱلْجِنَّةِوَٱلنَّاسِأَجْمَعِينَ

Yet had We so willed, We could indeed have imposed Our guidance upon every human being: but [We have not willed it thus - and so] that word of Mine has come true: “Most certainly will I fill hell with invisible beings as well as with humans, all together!”

فَذُوقُوا۟بِمَانَسِيتُمْلِقَآءَيَوْمِكُمْهَٰذَآإِنَّانَسِينَٰكُمْوَذُوقُوا۟عَذَابَٱلْخُلْدِبِمَاكُنتُمْتَعْمَلُونَ

[And He will say unto the sinners:] “Taste, then, [the recompense] for your having been obli­vious of the coming of this your Day [of Judgment] - for, verily, We are [now] oblivious of you: taste, then, [this] abiding suffering for all [the evil] that you were wont to do!”

إِنَّمَايُؤْمِنُبِـَٔايَٰتِنَاٱلَّذِينَإِذَاذُكِّرُوا۟بِهَاخَرُّوا۟سُجَّدًۭاوَسَبَّحُوا۟بِحَمْدِرَبِّهِمْوَهُمْلَايَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

ONLY THEY [truly] believe in Our messages who, whenever they are conveyed to them, fall down, prostrating themselves in adoration, and extol their Sustainer’s limitless glory and praise; and who are never filled with false pride;

تَتَجَافَىٰجُنُوبُهُمْعَنِٱلْمَضَاجِعِيَدْعُونَرَبَّهُمْخَوْفًۭاوَطَمَعًۭاوَمِمَّارَزَقْنَٰهُمْيُنفِقُونَ

[and] who are im­pelled to rise from their beds [at night] to call out to their Sustainer in fear and hope; and who spend on others out of what We provide for them as sus­tenance.

فَلَاتَعْلَمُنَفْسٌۭمَّآأُخْفِىَلَهُممِّنقُرَّةِأَعْيُنٍۢجَزَآءًۢبِمَاكَانُوا۟يَعْمَلُونَ

And [as for all such believers,] no human being can imagine what blissful delights, as yet hidden, await them [in the life to come] as a reward for all that they did.

أَفَمَنكَانَمُؤْمِنًۭاكَمَنكَانَفَاسِقًۭالَّايَسْتَوُۥنَ

Is, then, he who [in his earthly life] was a believer to be compared with one who was in­iquitous? [Nay,] these two are not equal!

أَمَّاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَعَمِلُوا۟ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِفَلَهُمْجَنَّٰتُٱلْمَأْوَىٰنُزُلًۢابِمَاكَانُوا۟يَعْمَلُونَ

As for those who attain to faith and do right­eous deeds - gardens of rest await them, as a wel­come [from God], in result of what they did;

وَأَمَّاٱلَّذِينَفَسَقُوا۟فَمَأْوَىٰهُمُٱلنَّارُكُلَّمَآأَرَادُوٓا۟أَنيَخْرُجُوا۟مِنْهَآأُعِيدُوا۟فِيهَاوَقِيلَلَهُمْذُوقُوا۟عَذَابَٱلنَّارِٱلَّذِىكُنتُمبِهِۦتُكَذِّبُونَ

but as for those who are lost in iniquity - their goal is the fire: as oft as they will try to come out of it, they will be thrown back into it; and they will be told, “Taste [now] this suffering through fire which you were wont to call a lie!”