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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Number of Prostrations in the Qur'an and Their Locations

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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. He asks, if you would be so kind, Shaykh Salih, about the prostrations in the Noble Qur'an: how many are there? And in which surahs are they? He also asks about the verses,

Answer:
The prostrations in the Noble Qur'an are fourteen. That is good. They are in the end of Surat al-A'raf, in Surat al-Ra'd, in Surat al-Nahl, in the end of Surat al-Isra, in Surat Maryam, in Surat al-Hajj there are two, one at the beginning and one at the end, in Surat al-Naml, in Surat al-Sajdah (the chapter beginning with Alif Lam Mim), in Surat al-Zumar, in Surat Fussilat:
(1) Ha, Meem. (2) [This is] aحم تَنزِيلٌ
[Fussilat 41:1-2]
the Book
from the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful - (3) A Book whose verses have been detailed, an Arabic Qur'anمِّنَ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ كِتَابٌ فُصِّلَتْ آيَاتُهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا
[Fussilat 41:2-3]
, in Surat al-Inshiqaq, and in Surat al-'Alaq. These are the places of prostration, and in Surat al-Najm, at the end of Surat al-Najm. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، عدد سجدات القرآن ومواضعها – الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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