32. As-Sajdah
32.1 Jabir (رضي الله عنه) said
“The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not sleep until he had recited, ‘Alif-Lam-Mim. The Sending-down’ (32) and ‘Blessed is the One in whose hand the kingdom is’ (67).'”
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad Book 50, Hadith 1207
32.2 Anas b. Malik (رضي الله عنه) said
(explaining the meaning of the Qur’anic verse “Who forsake their beds to cry unto their Lord in fear and hope, and spend of what We have bestowed on them” (32:16).
The people used to remain awake between the sunset and the night prayers and would pray. Al-Hasan used to say: (This verse means) the prayer and vigil at night.
32.3 Sahl bin Sa’d (رضي الله عنه) said
I was in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ). He gave a description of Jannah and concluded with these words, “There will be bounties which no eye has seen, no ear has heard and no human heart has ever perceived.” He (ﷺ) then recited this Verse:
“Their sides forsake their beds, to invoke their Rubb in fear and hope, and they spend (in charity in Allah’s Cause) out of what We have bestowed on them. No person knows what is kept hidden for them of joy…” (32:16,17)
Riyad as-Salihin Book 20, Hadith 23
32.4 On the authority of Muadh bin Jabal (رضي الله عنه) who said:
I said, “O Messenger of Allah, tell me of an act which will take me into Paradise and will keep me away from the Hellfire.” He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “You have asked me about a great matter, yet it is easy for him for whom Allah makes it easy: worship Allah, without associating any partners with Him; establish the prayer; pay the zakat; fast in Ramadhan; and make the pilgrimage to the House.” Then he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Shall I not guide you towards the means of goodness? Fasting is a shield; charity wipes away sin as water extinguishes fire; and the praying of a man in the depths of the night.” Then he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) recited: “[Those] who forsake their beds, to invoke their Lord in fear and hope, and they spend (charity in Allah’s cause) out of what We have bestowed on them. No person knows what is kept hidden for them of joy as a reward for what they used to do.” [as-Sajdah, 16-17] Then he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Shall I not inform you of the head of the matter, its pillar and its peak?” I said, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah.” He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “The head of the matter is Islam, its pillar is the prayer and its peak is jihad.” Then he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Shall I not tell you of the foundation of all of that?” I said, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah.” So he took hold of his tongue and said, “Restrain this.” I said, “O Prophet of Allah, will we be taken to account for what we say with it?” He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “May your mother be bereaved of you, O Muadh! Is there anything that throws people into the Hellfire upon their faces — or: on their noses — except the harvests of their tongues?”
32.5 It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said
“For the Subh prayer on Fridays, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite ‘Alif-Lam-Mim. The revelation…’ [32:1] and ‘Has there not been over man…’” [76:1]
Sunan Ibn Majah Vol. 1, Book 5, Hadith 821
32.6 Narrated Abu Hurairah (رضي الله عنه)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Allah Most High said: ‘I have prepared for My righteous worshipers what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human heart has conceived.'” And that is testified to in Allah’s [the Mighty and Sublime] Book: No person knows what is kept hidden for them of delights of the eyes (32:17).
Jami` at-Tirmidhi Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3197
32.7 `Ikrimah, the freed slave of Ibn `Abbas (رضي الله عنهم) narrated that
Ibn `Abbas said: “We were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when `Ali bin Abi Talib came to him, and he said: ‘May my father and mother be ransomed for you! This Qur’an has suddenly left my heart, and I do not find myself capable of it.’ So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him: ‘O Abul-Hasan! Should I not teach you words that Allah shall benefit you with, and benefit whomever you teach, and they will make whatever you have learned in your chest firm?’ He said: ‘Of course, O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), so teach me.’ He (ﷺ) said: ‘When it is the night of (before) Friday, then if you are able to stand in the last third of the night, then verily it is a witnessed hour, and supplication is answered in it. And my brother Ya`qub (as) did say to his sons: I shall seek forgiveness for you from my Lord. He said: “Until the night of Friday comes.” So if you are not able, then stand in the middle of it, and if you are not able then stand in the first of it. And pray four Rak`ah. Recite Fatihatul-Kitab (the Opening of the Book) and Surat Ya-Sin in the first Rak`ah, and Fatihatul-Kitab and Ha-Mim Ad-Dukhan in the second Rak`ah, and Fatihatul-Kitab and Alif Lam Mim Tanzil As-Sajdah in the third Rak`ah, and Fatihatul-Kitab and Tabarak Al-Mufassal in the fourth Rak`ah. So when you have finished with the Tasha-hud, then praise Allah and mention Allah’s greatness in an excellent manner, and send Salat upon me – and be excellent in it – and upon the rest of the Prophets. And seek forgiveness for the believing men and the believing women, and for your brothers who have preceded you in faith. Then say in the end of that:
اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْنِي بِتَرْكِ الْمَعَاصِي أَبَدًا مَا أَبْقَيْتَنِي وَارْحَمْنِي أَنْ أَتَكَلَّفَ مَا لاَ يَعْنِينِي وَارْزُقْنِي حُسْنَ النَّظَرِ فِيمَا يُرْضِيكَ عَنِّي اللَّهُمَّ بَدِيعَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ ذَا الْجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ وَالْعِزَّةِ الَّتِي لاَ تُرَامُ أَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَحْمَنُ بِجَلاَلِكَ وَنُورِ وَجْهِكَ أَنْ تُلْزِمَ قَلْبِي حِفْظَ كِتَابِكَ كَمَا عَلَّمْتَنِي وَارْزُقْنِي أَنْ أَتْلُوَهُ عَلَى النَّحْوِ الَّذِي يُرْضِيكَ عَنِّي اللَّهُمَّ بَدِيعَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ ذَا الْجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ وَالْعِزَّةِ الَّتِي لاَ تُرَامُ أَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَحْمَنُ بِجَلاَلِكَ وَنُورِ وَجْهِكَ أَنْ تُنَوِّرَ بِكِتَابِكَ بَصَرِي وَأَنْ تُطْلِقَ بِهِ لِسَانِي وَأَنْ تُفَرِّجَ بِهِ عَنْ قَلْبِي وَأَنْ تَشْرَحَ بِهِ صَدْرِي وَأَنْ تَغْسِلَ بِهِ بَدَنِي لأَنَّهُ لاَ يُعِينُنِي عَلَى الْحَقِّ غَيْرُكَ وَلاَ يُؤْتِيهِ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ
“O Allah, have mercy on me by abandonment of sins forever, so long as You keep me remaining. And have mercy on me from taking upon myself what does not concern me, and provide me good sight for what will make You pleased with me. O Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Possessor of glory, and generosity, and honor that is not exceeded. I ask you, O Allah, O Rahman, by Your glory and the light of Your Face, to make my heart constant in remembering Your Book as You taught me, and grant me that I recite it in the manner that will make You pleased with me. O Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Possessor of glory, and generosity, and honor that is not exceeded. I ask you, O Allah, O Rahman, by Your glory and the light of Your Face, to enlighten my sight with Your Book, and make my tongue free with it, and to relieve my heart with it, and to expand my chest with it, and to wash my body with it. For indeed, none aids me upon the truth other than You, and none gives it except You, and there is no might or power except by Allah, the High, the Magnificent.”
O Abul-Hasan! So do this three Fridays, or five, or seven, you will be answered – by the will of Allah – by the One Who sent me with the Truth, it has not failed a believer once.’” `Abdullah bin `Abbas said: “So, by Allah, `Ali did not wait but five or seven until [`Ali] came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in a gathering similar to that and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), indeed I was [a man] in the time that passed, who used to not take except four Ayat or about that much, so when I would recite them to myself they would suddenly depart from me, and today I learn forty Ayat or about that much, and when I recite them to myself, then it is as if the Book of Allah is before my eyes. I used to hear a Hadith and when I would repeat it, it would suddenly depart from me, and today I hear Ahadith, and when I report them, I do not err in a single letter.’ So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said at that point: ‘A believer, by the Lord of the Ka`bah, O Abul-Hasan.’”
32.8 Ubayy b. Ka’b (رضي الله عنه) reported
That the words of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious:
” We will, surely, make them taste the lesser punishment before the severer punishment (that haply they may return)” (32:21) imply the torments of the world. (victory of) Rome, seizing (of the Meccans), or smoke. And Shalba was in doubt about seizing or smoke.
32.9 Ibn ‘Umr (رضي الله عنه) said
The Prophet (ﷺ) prostrated himself in the noon prayer; then he stood up and bowed, and we knew that he recited Tanzil al-sajdah (Surah 32).
32.10 It is reported on the authority of al-Mughira b. Shu’ba (رضي الله عنه)
That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
Moses asked his Lord: Who amongst the inhabitants of Paradise is the lowest to rank? He (Allah) said: The person who would be admitted into Paradise last of all among those deserving of Paradise who are admitted to it. I would be said to him: Enter Paradise. He would say: O my Lord! how (should I enter) while the people have settled in their apartments and taken the shares (portions)? It would be said to him: Would you be pleased if there be for you like the kingdom of a king amongst the kings of the world? He would say: I am pleased my Lord. He (Allah) would say: For you is that, and like that, and like that, and like that, and that. He would say at the fifth (point): I am well pleased. My Lord. He (Allah) would say: It is for you and, ten times like it, and for you is what your self desires and your eye enjoys. He would say: I am well pleased, my Lord. He (Moses) said: (Which is) the highest of their (inhabitants of Paradise) ranks? He (Allah) said: They are those whom I choose. I establish their honour with My own hand and then set a seal over it (and they would be blessed with Bounties) which no eye has seen, no ear has heard and no human mind has perceived: and this is sub- stantiated by the Book of Allah, Exalted and Great:” So no soul knows what delight of the eye is hidden for them; a reward for what they did” (32:17).
32.11 It was narrated that ‘Abd-Allah ibn ‘Umar (رضي الله عنه) said
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever reads ‘Alif‑Laam‑Meem. The revelation of the Book’ [al-Sajdah 32] and ‘Blessed be He in Whose Hand is the dominion’ [al-Mulk 67], between Maghrib and ‘Isha’, it is as if he spent Laylat al-Qadr in prayer.”
(Durr al-Manthoor 6/535, Rooh al-Ma’aani 21/116, al-Wahidi, al-Tha’labi, al-Ghafiqi in Lamahaat al-Anwar)
32.12 Hazrat Khalid ibn Ma’dan (رضي الله عنه) said,
“Recite the Deliverer, which is Alif Laam Tanzeel, for I have heard that a man who had committed many sins used to recite it and nothing else. It spread its wing over him and said, ‘O’ My Lord, forgive him, for he often used to recite me.’ So the Lord Most High made it an intercessor for him and said, ‘Record for him a good deed and raise him a degree in place of every sin.”
(Darimee)
32.13 Hazrat Khalid (رضي الله عنه) also said
“It will dispute on behalf of the one who recites it when he is in his grave saying, ‘O’ Allah, if I am part of Thy Book, make me an intercessor for him. But if I am not a part of Thy Book, blot me out of it.’ It will be like a bird putting its wing on him, it will intercede for him and will protect him from the punishment in the grave.”
He said the same about Tabaarak allazi (Surah Mulk). Hazrat Khalid did not go to sleep at night till he had recited them. Taus said that they were given sixty virtues more than any other Surah in the Holy Qur’aan.
(Darimee)
32.14 Imam Ibn Mardawih (رحمه الله) reported
Hadrat Aisha (رضي الله عنها) narrated, “Whoever recites Surah As-Sajdah, Surah Yaseen, Surah Al-Qamar and Surah Al-Mulk, it will be a Noor (guidance) and refuge from the devil for him and the degrees of his status will be raised till the Day of Resurrection.”
32.15 Imam Ibn Darees (رحمه الله) reported
Hadrat Musaib ibn Rafi’ (رضي الله عنه) narrated that the Noble Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Surah As-Sajdah will appear on the Day of Resurrection with two wings and it will provide shade for its reciter. The Surah will further protect him by saying, “No one should trouble him! No one should trouble him!”
32.16 Imam Darimi and Ibn Darees (رحمهم الله) reported
Hadrat Ka’ab (رضي الله عنه) narrated, “Whoever recites Surah As-Sajdah and Surah Al-Mulk at night, seventy good deeds will be written for him, his seventy sins will be erased and his status will be raised by seventy degrees.”
32.17 Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (عليه السلام) said,
“One who recites Surat As-Sajdah on Fridays, Allah would bestow him his scroll of deeds in his right hand, and account will not be taken of what he had done, and he will be of the companions of Prophet (ﷺ) and his family.”
32.18 Allama Alam Faqri (رحمه الله) writes
If a woman is not able to conceive, she should recite the following verses of Surah As-Sajdah
ذلك عالم الغيب والشهادة العزيز الرحيم
That is the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,
الذي أحسن كل شيء خلقه وبدأ خلق الإنسان من طين
Who perfected everything which He created and began the creation of man from clay.
ثم جعل نسله من سلالة من ماء مهين
Then He made his posterity out of the extract of a liquid disdained.
ثم سواه ونفخ فيه من روحه وجعل لكم السمع والأبصار والأفئدة قليلا ما تشكرون
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. (32:6-9)
after Isha Salah for 21 days and make Dua for conception. In’Sha Allah, she will give birth to a baby.
32.19 Molana Ashraf Ali Thanvi (رحمه الله) writes
For the healthy up-growing of a child, after he has turned 70 days old, the verses (32:7-9) of Surah As-Sajdah should be written on a glass plate with saffron. Then it should be washed with rain water. After that it should be divided into two portions: one portion should be mixed with the food of the child and the other should be given him over a period of 7 successive days. Some of it should also be rubbed on his face.
32.20 Allama Alam Faqri (رحمه الله) writes
If a person is being harassed by his enemy, he should recite the following Ayah of Surah As-Sajdah
ومن أظلم ممن ذكر بآيات ربه ثم أعرض عنها إنا من المجرمين منتقمون
And who is more unjust than one who is reminded of the verses of his Lord; then he turns away from them? Indeed We, from the criminals, will take retribution. (32:22)
on Thursday night (Shab e Juma) 41 times after Isha. In’Sha Allah, he will be protected from tyranny.
32.21 Allama Alam Faqri (رحمه الله) writes
(i) If a person is troubled by his employers, he should recite Surat As-Sajdah for seven days after Fajr. In’Sha Allah, they will favor him.
(ii) If Surat As-Sajdah is recited three times, blown on water and given to a patient for drinking, he will recover (بإذن الله).
(iii) If someone is facing property issues due to an opposing party, he should recite Surat As-Sajdah for 21 days after Isha. By the leave of Allah, he will get rid of the difficulties raised by them.
﴾ بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ﴿ 
Jazakallahu Khairan
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