Sura 32: Prostration
(Al-Sajdah)
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

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الم

A.L.M.*

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تنزيل الكتاب لا ريب فيه من رب العالمين

The book is, without a doubt, a revelation from the Lord of the universe.

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ام يقولون افتراه بل هو الحق من ربك لتنذر قوما ما اتاهم من نذير من قبلك لعلهم يهتدون

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.

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No Mediator<br>Between God and You

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الله الذي خلق السماوات والارض وما بينهما في ستة ايام ثم استوى على العرش ما لكم من دونه من ولي ولا شفيع افلا تتذكرون

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?

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يدبر الامر من السماء الى الارض ثم يعرج اليه في يوم كان مقداره الف سنة مما تعدون

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

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ذلك عالم الغيب والشهادة العزيز الرحيم

Knower of all secrets and declarations; the Almighty, Most Merciful.

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The Origin of Man

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الذي احسن كل شيء خلقه وبدا خلق الانسان من طين

He is the One who perfected everything He created, and started the creation of the human from clay.

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ثم جعل نسله من سلالة من ماء مهين

Then He continued his reproduction through a certain lowly liquid.

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ثم سواه ونفخ فيه من روحه وجعل لكم السمع والابصار والافئدة قليلا ما تشكرون

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.

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وقالوا ااذا ضللنا في الارض اانا لفي خلق جديد بل هم بلقاء ربهم كافرون

They wonder, “After we vanish into the earth, do we get created anew?” Thus, as regards meeting their Lord, they are disbelievers.

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قل يتوفاكم ملك الموت الذي وكل بكم ثم الى ربكم ترجعون

Say, “You will be put to death by the angel in whose charge you are placed, then to your Lord you will be returned.”

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Too Late

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ولو ترى اذ المجرمون ناكسو رءوسهم عند ربهم ربنا ابصرنا وسمعنا فارجعنا نعمل صالحا انا موقنون

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.”*

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ولو شئنا لاتينا كل نفس هداها ولكن حق القول مني لاملان جهنم من الجنة والناس اجمعين

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.*

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فذوقوا بما نسيتم لقاء يومكم هذا انا نسيناكم وذوقوا عذاب الخلد بما كنتم تعملون

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

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انما يؤمن باياتنا الذين اذا ذكروا بها خروا سجدا وسبحوا بحمد ربهم وهم لا يستكبرون

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.

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تتجافى جنوبهم عن المضاجع يدعون ربهم خوفا وطمعا ومما رزقناهم ينفقون

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.

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Heaven: Indescribably Beautiful

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فلا تعلم نفس ما اخفي لهم من قرة اعين جزاء بما كانوا يعملون

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

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افمن كان مؤمنا كمن كان فاسقا لا يستوون

Is one who is a believer the same as one who is wicked? They are not equal.

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اما الذين امنوا وعملوا الصالحات فلهم جنات الماوى نزلا بما كانوا يعملون

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.

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واما الذين فسقوا فماواهم النار كلما ارادوا ان يخرجوا منها اعيدوا فيها وقيل لهم ذوقوا عذاب النار الذي كنتم به تكذبون

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.”

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Take A Hint

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ولنذيقنهم من العذاب الادنى دون العذاب الاكبر لعلهم يرجعون

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.

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ومن اظلم ممن ذكر بايات ربه ثم اعرض عنها انا من المجرمين منتقمون

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.

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ولقد اتينا موسى الكتاب فلا تكن في مرية من لقائه وجعلناه هدى لبني اسرائيل

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.

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وجعلنا منهم ائمة يهدون بامرنا لما صبروا وكانوا باياتنا يوقنون

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

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ان ربك هو يفصل بينهم يوم القيامة فيما كانوا فيه يختلفون

Your Lord is the One who will judge them on the Day of Resurrection, regarding everything they disputed.

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اولم يهد لهم كم اهلكنا من قبلهم من القرون يمشون في مساكنهم ان في ذلك لايات افلا يسمعون

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?

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اولم يروا انا نسوق الماء الى الارض الجرز فنخرج به زرعا تاكل منه انعامهم وانفسهم افلا يبصرون

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?

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ويقولون متى هذا الفتح ان كنتم صادقين

They challenge: “Where is that victory, if you are truthful?”

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قل يوم الفتح لا ينفع الذين كفروا ايمانهم ولا هم ينظرون

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.”

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فاعرض عنهم وانتظر انهم منتظرون

Therefore, disregard them and wait, they too are waiting.

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