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Is the statement: {And prostrate and draw near} one of the prostrations of recitation?

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This message reached us from Sudan. Its sender says: I am Awad Ali Ubayd, a Sudanese, and I submit to you the following question regarding the surah:
Recite in the name of your Lordاقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ
[Al-Alaq:1] and at the end of the surah, which is:
And prostrate and draw nearوَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِبْ
[Al-Alaq:19]. Does this mean
Prostrate and draw nearاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِبْ
[Al-Alaq:19] before the bowing? What is the interpretation of this verse? I hope for clarification, and I offer you my sincere thanks, and may Allah grant success.
Answer: In this surah, Allah prescribed prostration for His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Muslims are likewise. This is one of the prostrations of recitation. Therefore, it is prescribed for the Muslims, just as it was prescribed for their Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), to prostrate when reciting this verse. If one recites this verse, he prostrates, whether he is alone outside of prayer, and likewise if he is in prayer. If he is the imam, he prostrates and the people prostrate with him. This is one of the prostrations in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prostrated.
Some scholars have said that the prostrations in the final part of the Qur'an have been abrogated, but this is a weak opinion. The correct view is that they remain, and that the prostration in Al-Najm, the prostration in:
When the sky has split [open]إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انشَقَّتْ
[Al-Inshiqaq:1] and the prostration in:
Recite in the name of your Lordاقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ
[Al-Alaq:1] are all prescribed prostrations established from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The imam prostrates with the congregation in prayer, and a person prostrates in his prayer during tahajjud and the like, and he prostrates outside of prayer. This is the Sunnah. Yes.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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