Surah As Sajdah

Translation by:
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

1. الۤمّۤ ۗ

   Alif lām mīm.

   Alif-Lãm-Mĩm.

2. تَنْزِيْلُ الْكِتٰبِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيْهِ مِنْ رَّبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَۗ

   Tanzīlul-kitābi lā raiba fīhi mir rabbil-‘ālamīn(a).

   The revelation of this Book is—beyond doubt—from the Lord of all worlds.

3. اَمْ يَقُوْلُوْنَ افْتَرٰىهُ ۚ بَلْ هُوَ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَّبِّكَ لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّآ اَتٰىهُمْ مِّنْ نَّذِيْرٍ مِّنْ قَبْلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُوْنَ

   Am yaqūlūnaftarāhu balhuwal-ḥaqqu mir rabbika litunżira qaumam mā atāhum min nażīrim min qablika la‘allahum yahtadūn(a).

   Or do they say, “He has fabricated it!”? No! It is the truth from your Lord in order for you to warn a people to whom no warner has come before you, so they may be ˹rightly˺ guided.

4. اَللّٰهُ الَّذِيْ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِيْ سِتَّةِ اَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوٰى عَلَى الْعَرْشِۗ مَا لَكُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِهٖ مِنْ وَّلِيٍّ وَّلَا شَفِيْعٍۗ اَفَلَا تَتَذَكَّرُوْنَ

   Allāhul-lażī khalaqas-samāwāti wal-arḍa wa mā bainahumā fī sittati ayyāmin ṡummastawā ‘alal-‘arsy(i), mā lakum min dūnihī miw waliyyiw wa lā syafī‘(in), afalā tatażakkarūn(a).

   It is Allah Who has created the heavens and the earth and everything in between in six Days, then established Himself on the Throne. You have no protector or intercessor besides Him. Will you not then be mindful?

5. يُدَبِّرُ الْاَمْرَ مِنَ السَّمَاۤءِ اِلَى الْاَرْضِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ اِلَيْهِ فِيْ يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهٗٓ اَلْفَ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّوْنَ

   Yudabbirul-amra minas-samā'i ilal-arḍi ṡumma ya‘ruju ilaihi fī yaumin kāna miqdāruhū alfa sanatim mimmā ta‘uddūn(a).

   He conducts every affair from the heavens to the earth, then it all ascends to Him on a Day whose length is a thousand years by your counting.

6. ذٰلِكَ عٰلِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ الْعَزِيْزُ الرَّحِيْمُۙ

   Żālika ‘ālimul-gaibi wasy-syahādatil-‘azīzur-raḥīm(u).

   That is the Knower of the seen and unseen—the Almighty, Most Merciful,

7. الَّذِيْٓ اَحْسَنَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهٗ وَبَدَاَ خَلْقَ الْاِنْسَانِ مِنْ طِيْنٍ

   Allażī aḥsana kulla syai'in khalaqahū wa bada'a khalqal-insāni min ṭīn(in).

   Who has perfected everything He created. And He originated the creation of humankind from clay.

8. ثُمَّ جَعَلَ نَسْلَهٗ مِنْ سُلٰلَةٍ مِّنْ مَّاۤءٍ مَّهِيْنٍ ۚ

   Ṡumma ja‘ala naslahū min sulālatim mim mā'im mahīn(in).

   Then He made his descendants from an extract of a humble fluid,

9. ثُمَّ سَوّٰىهُ وَنَفَخَ فِيْهِ مِنْ رُّوْحِهٖ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْاَبْصَارَ وَالْاَفْـِٕدَةَۗ قَلِيْلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُوْنَ

   Ṡumma sawwāhu wa nafakha fīhi mir rūḥihī wa ja‘ala lakumus-sam‘a wal-abṣāra wal-af'idah(ta), qalīlam mā tasykurūn(a).

   then He fashioned them and had a spirit of His Own ˹creation˺ breathed into them. And He gave you hearing, sight, and intellect. ˹Yet˺ you hardly give any thanks.

10. وَقَالُوْٓا ءَاِذَا ضَلَلْنَا فِى الْاَرْضِ ءَاِنَّا لَفِيْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيْدٍ ەۗ بَلْ هُمْ بِلِقَاۤءِ رَبِّهِمْ كٰفِرُوْنَ

    Wa qālū a'iżā ḍalalnā fil-arḍi a'innā lafī khalqin jadīd(in), bal hum biliqā'i rabbihim kāfirūn(a).

    ˹Still˺ they ask ˹mockingly˺, “When we are disintegrated into the earth, will we really be raised as a new creation?” In fact, they are in denial of the meeting with their Lord.

11. ۞ قُلْ يَتَوَفّٰىكُمْ مَّلَكُ الْمَوْتِ الَّذِيْ وُكِّلَ بِكُمْ ثُمَّ اِلٰى رَبِّكُمْ تُرْجَعُوْنَ ࣖ

    Qul yatawaffākum malakul-mautil-lażī wukkila bikum ṡumma ilā rabbikum turja‘ūn(a).

    Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Your soul will be taken by the Angel of Death, who is in charge of you. Then to your Lord you will ˹all˺ be returned.”

12. وَلَوْ تَرٰىٓ اِذِ الْمُجْرِمُوْنَ نَاكِسُوْا رُءُوْسِهِمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْۗ رَبَّنَآ اَبْصَرْنَا وَسَمِعْنَا فَارْجِعْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَالِحًا اِنَّا مُوْقِنُوْنَ

    Wa lau tarā iżil-mujrimūna nākisū ru'ūsihim ‘inda rabbihim, rabbanā abṣarnā wa sami‘nā farji‘nā na‘mal ṣāliḥan innā mūqinūn(a).

    If only you could see the wicked hanging their heads ˹in shame˺ before their Lord, ˹crying:˺ “Our Lord! We have now seen and heard, so send us back and we will do good. We truly have sure faith ˹now˺!”

13. وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَاٰتَيْنَا كُلَّ نَفْسٍ هُدٰىهَا وَلٰكِنْ حَقَّ الْقَوْلُ مِنِّيْ لَاَمْلَـَٔنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ اَجْمَعِيْنَ

    Wa lau syi'nā la'ātainā kulla nafsin hudāhā wa lākin ḥaqqal-qaulu minnī la'amla'anna jahannama minal-jinnati wan-nāsi ajma‘īn(a).

    Had We willed, We could have easily imposed guidance on every soul. But My Word will come to pass: I will surely fill up Hell with jinn and humans all together.

14. فَذُوْقُوْا بِمَا نَسِيْتُمْ لِقَاۤءَ يَوْمِكُمْ هٰذَاۚ اِنَّا نَسِيْنٰكُمْ وَذُوْقُوْا عَذَابَ الْخُلْدِ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ

    Fa żūqū bimā nasītum liqā'a yaumikum hāżā, innā nasīnākum wa żūqū ‘ażābal-khuldi bimā kuntum ta‘malūn(a).

    So taste ˹the punishment˺ for neglecting the meeting of this Day of yours. We ˹too˺ will certainly neglect you. And taste the torment of eternity for what you used to do!

15. اِنَّمَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاٰيٰتِنَا الَّذِيْنَ اِذَا ذُكِّرُوْا بِهَا خَرُّوْا سُجَّدًا وَّسَبَّحُوْا بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُوْنَ ۩

    Innamā yu'minu bi'āyātinal-lażīna iżā żukkirū bihā kharrū sujjadaw wa sabbaḥū biḥamdi rabbihim wa hum lā yastakbirūn(a).

    The only ˹true˺ believers in Our revelation are those who—when it is recited to them—fall into prostration and glorify the praises of their Lord and are not too proud.

16. تَتَجَافٰى جُنُوْبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ يَدْعُوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفًا وَّطَمَعًاۖ وَّمِمَّا رَزَقْنٰهُمْ يُنْفِقُوْنَ

    Tatajāfā junūbuhum ‘anil-maḍāji‘i yad‘ūna rabbahum khaufaw wa ṭama‘ā(n), wa mimmā razaqnāhum yunfiqūn(a).

    They abandon their beds, invoking their Lord with hope and fear, and donate from what We have provided for them.

17. فَلَا تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَّآ اُخْفِيَ لَهُمْ مِّنْ قُرَّةِ اَعْيُنٍۚ جَزَاۤءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوْا يَعْمَلُوْنَ

    Falā ta‘lamu nafsum mā ukhfiya lahum min qurrati a‘yun(in), jazā'am bimā kānū ya‘malūn(a).

    No soul can imagine what delights are kept in store for them as a reward for what they used to do.

18. اَفَمَنْ كَانَ مُؤْمِنًا كَمَنْ كَانَ فَاسِقًاۗ لَا يَسْتَوٗنَ

    Afaman kāna mu'minan kaman kāna fāsiqā(n), lā yastawūn(a).

    Is the one who is a believer equal ˹before Allah˺ to the one who is rebellious? They are not equal!

19. اَمَّا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ فَلَهُمْ جَنّٰتُ الْمَأْوٰىۖ نُزُلًا ۢبِمَا كَانُوْا يَعْمَلُوْنَ

    Ammal-lażīna āmanū wa ‘amiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti falahum jannātul-ma'wā, nuzulam bimā kānū ya‘malūn(a).

    As for those who believe and do good, they will have the Gardens of ˹Eternal˺ Residence—as an accommodation for what they used to do.

20. وَاَمَّا الَّذِيْنَ فَسَقُوْا فَمَأْوٰىهُمُ النَّارُ كُلَّمَآ اَرَادُوْٓا اَنْ يَّخْرُجُوْا مِنْهَآ اُعِيْدُوْا فِيْهَا وَقِيْلَ لَهُمْ ذُوْقُوْا عَذَابَ النَّارِ الَّذِيْ كُنْتُمْ بِهٖ تُكَذِّبُوْنَ

    Wa ammal-lażīna fasaqū fa ma'wākumun nāru kullamā arādū ay yakhrujū minhā u‘īdū fīhā wa qīla lahum żūqū ‘ażāban nāril-lażī kuntum bihī tukażżibūn(a).

    But as for those who are rebellious, the Fire will be their home. Whenever they try to escape from it, they will be forced back into it, and will be told, “Taste the Fire’s torment, which you used to deny.”

21. وَلَنُذِيْقَنَّهُمْ مِّنَ الْعَذَابِ الْاَدْنٰى دُوْنَ الْعَذَابِ الْاَكْبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُوْنَ

    Wa lanużīqannahum minal-‘ażābil-adnā dūnal-‘ażābil-akbari la‘allahum yarji‘ūn(a).

    We will certainly make them taste some of the minor torment ˹in this life˺ before the major torment ˹of the Hereafter˺, so perhaps they will return ˹to the Right Path˺.

22. وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ ذُكِّرَ بِاٰيٰتِ رَبِّهٖ ثُمَّ اَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا ۗاِنَّا مِنَ الْمُجْرِمِيْنَ مُنْتَقِمُوْنَ ࣖ

    Wa man aẓlamu mimman żukkira bi'āyāti rabbihī ṡumma a‘raḍa ‘anhā, innā minal-mujrimīna muntaqimūn(a).

    And who does more wrong than the one who is reminded of Allah’s revelations then turns away from them? We will surely inflict punishment upon the wicked.

23. وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا مُوْسَى الْكِتٰبَ فَلَا تَكُنْ فِيْ مِرْيَةٍ مِّنْ لِّقَاۤىِٕهٖ وَجَعَلْنٰهُ هُدًى لِّبَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَۚ

    Wa laqad ātainā mūsal-kitāba falā takun fī miryatim mil liqā'ihī wa ja‘alnāhu hudal libanī isrā'īl(a).

    Indeed, We gave the Scripture to Moses—so let there be no doubt ˹O Prophet˺ that you ˹too˺ are receiving revelations—and We made it a guide for the Children of Israel.

24. وَجَعَلْنَا مِنْهُمْ اَىِٕمَّةً يَّهْدُوْنَ بِاَمْرِنَا لَمَّا صَبَرُوْاۗ وَكَانُوْا بِاٰيٰتِنَا يُوْقِنُوْنَ

    Wa ja‘alnā minhum a'immatay yahdūna bi'amrinā lammā ṣabarū, wa kānū bi'āyātinā yūqinūn(a).

    We raised from among them leaders, guiding by Our command, when they patiently endured and firmly believed in Our signs.

25. اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ فِيْمَا كَانُوْا فِيْهِ يَخْتَلِفُوْنَ

    Inna rabbaka huwa yafṣilu bainahum yaumal-qiyāmati fīmā kānū fīhi yakhtalifūn(a).

    Indeed, your Lord will decide between them on the Day of Judgment regarding their differences.

26. اَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِّنَ الْقُرُوْنِ يَمْشُوْنَ فِيْ مَسٰكِنِهِمْ ۗاِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيٰتٍۗ اَفَلَا يَسْمَعُوْنَ

    Awalam yahdi lahum kam ahlaknā min qablihim minal-qurūni yamsyūna fī masākinihim, inna fī żālika la'āyāt(in), afalā yasma‘ūn(a).

    Is it not yet clear to them how many peoples We destroyed before them, whose ruins they still pass by? Surely in this are signs. Will they not then listen?

27. اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اَنَّا نَسُوْقُ الْمَاۤءَ اِلَى الْاَرْضِ الْجُرُزِ فَنُخْرِجُ بِهٖ زَرْعًا تَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ اَنْعَامُهُمْ وَاَنْفُسُهُمْۗ اَفَلَا يُبْصِرُوْنَ

    Awalam yarau annā nasūqul-mā'a ilal-arḍil juruzi fanukhriju bihī zar‘an ta'kulu minhu an‘āmuhum wa anfushum, afalā yubṣirūn(a).

    Do they not see how We drive rain to parched land, producing ˹various˺ crops from which they and their cattle eat? Will they not then see?

28. وَيَقُوْلُوْنَ مَتٰى هٰذَا الْفَتْحُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِيْنَ

    Wa yaqūlūna matā hāżal-fatḥu in kuntum ṣādiqīn(a).

    They ask ˹mockingly˺, “When is this ˹Day of final˺ Decision, if what you say is true?”

29. قُلْ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ لَا يَنْفَعُ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْٓا اِيْمَانُهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْظَرُوْنَ

    Qul yaumal-fatḥi lā yanfa‘ul-lażīna kafarū īmānuhum wa lā hum yunẓarūn(a).

    Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “On the Day of Decision it will not benefit the disbelievers to believe then, nor will they be delayed ˹from punishment˺.”

30. فَاَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ وَانْتَظِرْ اِنَّهُمْ مُّنْتَظِرُوْنَ ࣖ

    Fa a‘riḍ ‘anhum wantaẓir innahum muntaẓirūn(a).

    So turn away from them, and wait! They too are waiting.