Surah Sajdah

To fall, to pass from one’s existence, to surrender in all, to surrender to one’s Owner

1-Elif, Lâm, Mîm

2-Every created being is a book, there is no doubt in it, it belongs to the One who created all beings.

3-They say that he fabricated the words of the truths you spoke. On the contrary, those words are thetruths of your Lord. They are for you to explain the truths to your people, to whom no warner of thetruths came before you. It is hoped that they would find the way to the truth.

4-He is Allah who created the heavens and the earth and everything in them in perfect beauty. ThenHe encompassed everything with His glory. There is no protector or intercessor for you other thanHim. Do you not then think about the truths and look at this world in that state?

5-He is the One who organizes and processes the existence in the whole universe. Everything isrevealed from Him at every moment according to His measure. All things that exist are in Hisfamiliarity.

6-He is the Owner of the wisdom of everything in the universe, unseen and unknown, and He is theOne who creates existence from His essence, the supreme Owner of all qualities, and He is presenteverywhere at all times.

7-He is the One who created all things in the best way and the creation of man began from Hisessence.

8-Then, He arranged man in a way that would flow easily from generation to generation.

9-He shaped and arranged man with his attributes and breathed into him from His spirit. He gave youthe power to hear, see and comprehend. How weak you are in recognizing and surrendering to theOwner of the attributes.

10-They said: When we are mixed with the earth, will we be in a new creation? On the contrary, theyare not aware of the consciousness of Tawhid and they ignore the One who created them.

11-Say: Surrender with all your being to the One who has the power in every being. He is the Onewho has authority over the functioning of your bodies. Then, your return is to the One who createdyou.

12-And you see those who remain in evil, who are in a state of deficiency in understanding therealities belonging to Him who created them. But they say, “We understand our Lord, we have heardthe realities, we have done righteous deeds, we have known the realities with certainty.”

13-If they wanted to understand Us, they would certainly understand the truths We have presented,and they would know that all beings lead to the truth. But they did not know the manifestations andrealities belonging to Us. They remained in the hell of ignorance, in states full of anger, not knowingwhat they are saying. Indeed, most people remained in such states.

14-Thus, because you remained in states full of anger, you forgot the Tawhid at the time. This is thestate you remained in, because you forgot Us, and because you did such things, you remained inconstant distress and states full of anger.

15-But those who believe in Our verses remember the truths at every moment, they pass from theirexistence and submit to the truth, and they know that the Lord is the Owner of all their attributes, theyperceive the manifestations of His actual attributes, His Essence, and they have no arrogance.

16-They abandon the form, no matter which way it turns, and always turn to the Lord with reverencewherever they are, and they always desire to understand the realities and they acknowledge and submitto the Owner of all the qualities We have bestowed upon them.

17-So, they know nothing but the Truth that is clear within themselves. In return for what they havedone, there is a light in their eyes.

18-Is a believer equal to someone who abandons the truth and enters into his own ignorance?

19-But, those who believe and work on the right path have the peace of understanding that everythinghas come to its place in return for what they have done.

20-But the abode of those who abandon the truth and enter into their own ignorance is the fire. Everytime they want to get out of that state, they return to that state again, and it is said to them: You feelthe torment of that fire, because you denied the truth.

21-They are certainly nearer to trouble, because of their failure to understand Us. It is hoped that theywould realize their mistake and turn back before the time of death, which is a great trouble, comesupon them.

22-Who is more unjust than he who turns away after being reminded of the verses of his Lord andreturns to his own understanding? Indeed, those who fail to understand Us and remain in evil aredeprived of the perception of Our blessings.

23-Moses was of those who understood that We have presented every being as a book. So, thereshould be no doubt in you about the Tawhid. We presented the truths of Tawhid to the Israelites as aguide.

24-We informed them to be patient so that they may understand Our work and to be of those who arecertain of Our verses, and We made them guides to the truth.

25-Surely, it is He who created you cell by cell and brought you into being. Those who cannotunderstand the truths will differ among themselves about the truths until they die.

26-Do they not seek the state of those who did not understand Us before them and who ruinedthemselves? Does it not guide them? Surely, there are signs in them. Do they not hear the truths?

27-Do they not see how We move the water and bring forth crops from the dry land? You feedyourselves and your cattle from it. After that, will they not see?

28-They will say, when will these truths be revealed, if you are truthful.

29-Say: Those who disbelieve and conceal the truths, their belief will not benefit them until they seethe truths that have been revealed, and even if they look, they will not see.

30-Now stay away from those in that state and wait. Surely, they too are waiting.

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