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Surah al-Sajdah (The Prostration)

Meccan (1). Ata' said: Except for three verses, beginning with His words, “Is one who is a believer...” up to the end of the three verses (2) (3).

In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.

“Alif, Lam, Mim. (1) The revelation of the Book, concerning which there is no doubt, is from the Lord of all worlds. (2) Or do they say, ‘He has fabricated it’? Rather, it is the truth from your Lord, so that you may warn a people to whom no warner came before you, that they may be guided. (3) Allah is He who created the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them in six days, then rose over the Throne. Apart from Him, you have neither protector nor intercessor. Will you not then take heed? (4)”

“Alif, Lam, Mim. The revelation of the Book, concerning which there is no doubt, is from the Lord of all worlds.” Muqatil said: There is no doubt that it is a revelation from the Lord of all worlds.

“Or do they say”: rather, they say, “He has fabricated it.” It was also said that the letter mim is an additional particle, meaning: “Do they say, ‘He has fabricated it’?”—a question of rebuke. It was also said that “or” here means “and,” meaning: “And they say, ‘He has fabricated it.’” And it was said that something is implied in the wording; its sense is: “Do they then believe, or do they say, ‘He has fabricated it’?”

Then He said: “Rather, it is”—meaning, the Quran—“the truth from your Lord, so that you may warn a people to whom no warner came before you.” That is, no warner had come to them before you. Qatadah said: They were an unlettered nation to whom no warner had come before Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace (4). Ibn Abbas and Muqatil said: This refers to the interval that occurred between Jesus and Muhammad, may Allah’s blessings be upon them both (5). “That they may be guided.”

“Allah is He who created the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them in six days, then rose over the Throne. Apart from Him, you have neither protector nor intercessor. Will you not then take heed?”

(1) Al-Suyuti, in al-Durr al-Manthur, 6:534, attributed it to Ibn al-Durays, Ibn Mardawayh, and al-Bayhaqi in al-Dala'il, on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: Surat Alif Lam Mim al-Sajdah was revealed in Mecca. (2) Reported by al-Nahhas in Ma'ani al-Quran al-Karim, p. 297, on the authority of Ibn Abbas. (3) The text within parentheses is omitted from manuscript A. (4) Reported by al-Tabari, 21:90. (5) See al-Bahr al-Muhit, 7:197.

سُورَةُ السَّجْدَةِ مَكِّيَّةٌ (١) ، قَالَ عَطَاءٌ: إِلَّا ثَلَاثَ آيَاتٍ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ "أَفَمَنْ كَانَ مُؤْمِنًا" [إِلَى آخر ثلاث آيان] (٢) (٣) بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ﴿الم (١) تَنْزِيلُ الْكِتَابِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ (٢) أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَاهُ بَلْ هُوَ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكَ لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْمًا مَا أَتَاهُمْ مِنْ نَذِيرٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ (٣) اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى عَلَى الْعَرْشِ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِهِ مِنْ وَلِيٍّ وَلَا شَفِيعٍ أَفَلَا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ (٤) ﴾ ﴿الم تَنْزِيلُ الْكِتَابِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ﴾ قَالَ مُقَاتِلٌ: لَا شَكَّ فِيهِ أَنَّهُ تَنْزِيلٌ مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ. ﴿أَمْ يَقُولُونَ﴾ بَلْ يَقُولُونَ ﴿افْتَرَاهُ﴾ وَقِيلَ الْمِيمُ صِلَةٌ، أَيْ: أَيَقُولُونَ افْتَرَاهُ؟ اسْتِفْهَامُ تَوْبِيخٍ. وَقِيلَ: "أَمْ" بِمَعْنَى الْوَاوِ، أَيْ: وَيَقُولُونَ افْتَرَاهُ. وَقِيلَ: فِيهِ إِضْمَارٌ، مَجَازُهُ فَهَلْ يُؤْمِنُونَ، أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَاهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: ﴿بَلْ هُوَ﴾ يَعْنِي الْقُرْآنَ، ﴿الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكَ لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْمًا مَا أَتَاهُمْ﴾ أَيْ: لَمْ يَأْتِهِمْ، ﴿مِنْ نَذِيرٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ﴾ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ: كَانُوا أُمَّةً أُمِّيَّةً لَمْ يَأْتِهِمْ نَذِيرٌ قَبِلَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ (٤) . وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، وَمُقَاتِلٌ: ذَلِكَ فِي الْفَتْرَةِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ بَيْنَ عِيسَى وَمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا (٥) ﴿لَعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ﴾ ﴿اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى عَلَى الْعَرْشِ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِهِ مِنْ وَلِيٍّ وَلَا شَفِيعٍ أَفَلَا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ﴾

(١) عزاه السيوطي في الدر المنثور: ٦ / ٥٣٤ لابن الضريس وابن مردويه والبيهقي في الدلائل عن ابن عباس ﵄ قال: نزلت (ألم) السجدة بمكة. (٢) أخرجه النحاس في معاني القرآن الكريم عن ابن عباس: ص ٢٩٧. (٣) ما بين القوسين ساقط من "أ". (٤) أخرجه الطبري: ٢١ / ٩٠. (٥) انظر: البحر المحيط: ٧ / ١٩٧.