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سُورَةُ السَّجۡدَةِ · 32:17
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فَلَا تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أُخْفِىَ لَهُم مِّن قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍۢ جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

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And no soul knows what has been hidden for them of comfort for eyes as reward for what they used to do.

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Introduction

This is āyah 17 of Sūrat As-Sajda (The Prostration), the 75th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 21. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
75 of 114
Surah
As-Sajda (32)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Only those believe in Our Ayat, who, when they are reminded of them, fall down prostrate, and glorify the praises of their Lord, and they are not proud (15)Their sides forsake their beds, to invoke their Lord in fear and hope, and they spend out of what We have bestowed on them (16)No person knows what is kept hidden for them of delights of eyes as a reward for what they used to do (17) The State of the People of Faith and Their Reward Allah states: إِنَّمَا يُؤْمِنُ بِآيَاتِنَا (Only those believe in Our Ayat,) means, who accept them as true, الَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُوا بِهَا خَرُّوا سُجَّدًا (who, when they are reminded of them, fall down prostrate,) means, they listen to them and obey them in word and deed. وَسَبَّحُوا بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ (and glorify the praises of their Lord, and they are not proud.) means, they are not too proud to follow them and su…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

Verified isnād chains for this āyah will be added by curators.

Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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