Al-Sajdah
thumb|Folio from the Qur'an manuscript with the verses 29-30 of the surah As-Sajdah. The decorative border that follows surrounds the title of the next section of the surah Al-Ahzab. [[Kufic script. Iraq or Syria, 9th or 10th century. Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin]]
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Al-Sajdah is a chapter of the Qur'an that dates back to at least the 9th or 10th century, as evidenced by surviving manuscript pages written in Kufic script and preserved in museums like the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin. The chapter is significant as part of the Islamic holy text and has been important enough to be carefully preserved and decorated in historical manuscripts.
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Key facts
- Surah.number
- 32
- Surah.number 3
- 032
- Surah.name
- As-Sajdah
- Surah.name ar
- السجدة
- Surah.name en
- The Prostration
- Surah.prev_sura
- Quran 31
- Surah.next_sura
- Quran 33
- Surah.classification
- Meccan
- Surah.juz
- 21
- Surah.Hizb_number
- 42
- Surah.rukus
- 3
- Surah.verses
- 30
- Surah.words
- 372
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- Summary
- Āyāt
- Quranic commentary
- References
- Citations
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thumb|Folio from the Qur'an manuscript with the verses 29-30 of the surah As-Sajdah. The decorative border that follows surrounds the title of the next section of the surah Al-Ahzab. [[Kufic script. Iraq or Syria, 9th or 10th century. Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin]]
(السجدة), is the 32nd chapter (sūrah) of the Quran with 30 verses (āyāt). The name of the chapter has been translated as ۩ 'prostration' or 'adoration' and is taken from the fifteenth verse, which mentions those who "... fall prostrate and hymn the praise of their Lord".