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Surah As-Sajdah (Tunnazina)

سورة السجدة

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Ruku 1 (رُكُوْعُهَا ١)
(32) Surah As-Sajdah (Tunnazina) (Meccan)
Ayat 30 (آيَاتُهَا ٣٠)
Page 1 of 3 (صفحہ ١ از ٣)

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

الٓمٓ ۝١تَنزِيلُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لَا رَيۡبَ فِيهِ مِن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٢أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُۚ بَلۡ هُوَ ٱلۡحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ لِتُنذِرَ قَوۡمٗا مَّآ أَتَىٰهُم مِّن نَّذِيرٖ مِّن قَبۡلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَهۡتَدُونَ ۝٣ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٖ ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡعَرۡشِۖ مَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ مِن وَلِيّٖ وَلَا شَفِيعٍۚ أَفَلَا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٤يُدَبِّرُ ٱلۡأَمۡرَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ثُمَّ يَعۡرُجُ إِلَيۡهِ فِي يَوۡمٖ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥٓ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٖ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ ۝٥ذَٰلِكَ عَٰلِمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ۝٦ٱلَّذِيٓ أَحۡسَنَ كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥۖ وَبَدَأَ خَلۡقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنِ مِن طِينٖ ۝٧ثُمَّ جَعَلَ نَسۡلَهُۥ مِن سُلَٰلَةٖ مِّن مَّآءٖ مَّهِينٖ ۝٨ثُمَّ سَوَّىٰهُ وَنَفَخَ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِهِۦۖ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرَ وَٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةَۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَشۡكُرُونَ ۝٩وَقَالُوٓاْ أَءِذَا ضَلَلۡنَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَءِنَّا لَفِي خَلۡقٖ جَدِيدِۭۚ بَلۡ هُم بِلِقَآءِ رَبِّهِمۡ كَٰفِرُونَ ۝١٠۞قُلۡ يَتَوَفَّىٰكُم مَّلَكُ ٱلۡمَوۡتِ ٱلَّذِي وُكِّلَ بِكُمۡ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمۡ تُرۡجَعُونَ ۝١١وَلَوۡ تَرَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ نَاكِسُواْ رُءُوسِهِمۡ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ رَبَّنَآ أَبۡصَرۡنَا وَسَمِعۡنَا فَٱرۡجِعۡنَا نَعۡمَلۡ صَٰلِحًا إِنَّا مُوقِنُونَ ۝١٢وَلَوۡ شِئۡنَا لَأٓتَيۡنَا كُلَّ نَفۡسٍ هُدَىٰهَا وَلَٰكِنۡ حَقَّ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ مِنِّي لَأَمۡلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ أَجۡمَعِينَ ۝١٣
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📖 Page 1 Verse-by-Verse Translations

Ayah 1

Alif, Lam, Meem

Ayah 2

[This is] the revelation of the Book about which there is no doubt from the Lord of the worlds

Ayah 3

Or do they say, "He invented it"? Rather, it is the truth from your Lord, [O Muhammad], that you may warn a people to whom no warner has come before you [so] perhaps they will be guided

Ayah 4

It is Allah who created the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them in six days; then He established Himself above the Throne. You have not besides Him any protector or any intercessor; so will you not be reminded

Ayah 5

He arranges [each] matter from the heaven to the earth; then it will ascend to Him in a Day, the extent of which is a thousand years of those which you count

Ayah 6

That is the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, the Exalted in Might, the Merciful

Ayah 7

Who perfected everything which He created and began the creation of man from clay

Ayah 8

Then He made his posterity out of the extract of a liquid disdained

Ayah 9

Then He proportioned him and breathed into him from His [created] soul and made for you hearing and vision and hearts; little are you grateful

Ayah 10

And they say, "When we are lost within the earth, will we indeed be [recreated] in a new creation?" Rather, they are, in [the matter of] the meeting with their Lord, disbelievers

Ayah 11

Say, "The angel of death will take you who has been entrusted with you. Then to your Lord you will be returned

Ayah 12

If you could but see when the criminals are hanging their heads before their Lord, [saying], "Our Lord, we have seen and heard, so return us [to the world]; we will work righteousness. Indeed, we are [now] certain

Ayah 13

And if We had willed, We could have given every soul its guidance, but the word from Me will come into effect [that] "I will surely fill Hell with jinn and people all together

About Surah As-Sajdah (Tunnazina)

Surah As-Sajdah (32nd Chapter, widely known as Surah Tunnazina or Al-M Tanzil) consists of 30 verses. Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) would not go to sleep until he recited Surah As-Sajdah and Surah Al-Mulk (Sunan at-Tirmidhi 2892). It is also Sunnah to recite it in Friday Fajr prayer.

📜Revelation History & Period

Classification: Meccan Surah (Chronological Order #75 in Revelation Timeline)

Revelation Context: Revealed in Makkah Mukarramah during the middle Makkan period emphasizing creation, Tawheed, and night prostration.

Key Themes & Lessons

  • Creation of man from clay and divine breathing of the soul
  • Virtue of those who forsake their beds at night to pray to Allah
  • True guidance through divine revelation and authentic prophethood
  • Resurrection accountability and eternal justice

When Commonly Recited

Recited every night before sleeping, during Friday Fajr congregational prayer, and for night Tahajjud devotion.

👑Aala Hazrat & Ahle Sunnat Scholarly References

  • Kanzul Iman — Translation by Aala Hazrat Imam Ahmad Raza Khan (رحمۃ اللہ علیہ)
  • Fatawa Razvia — Vol. 26 (Nightly Recitation Virtues & Friday Fajr Sunnah)
  • Bahar-e-Shariat — Part 4

Authentic Hadith & Classical Sources

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2892Sahih al-Bukhari 891Sunan an-Nasa'i 1402
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