The word · Worship
سُجود
Sujud
The prostration, forehead and nose on the ground, done twice in every rak'ah.
Also written · Sujood · Sajda · Sajdah · Sujuud · Sadjah · Sajood · prostration · prostrating
The meaning
What Sujud means in Islam
Seven parts touch the ground: the forehead with the nose, the two palms, the two knees, and the toes of both feet. The Prophet said a servant is nearest to his Lord in sujud, and told us to make much supplication there. It is the posture the whole prayer is built around, not a formality between recitations.
Evidence · Qur’an · Stated directly in the Qur’an
Read beside it
Rooms that name it
Words that sit beside it
- Rak'ahOne complete unit of prayer: a standing, a bowing, and two prostrations.رَكْعَة
- Ruku'The bowing in prayer, hands on the knees, back level, praising Allah's greatness.رُكوع
- Sujud al-SahwTwo extra prostrations that repair a mistake made by forgetting during the prayer.سُجودُ السَّهْو
- Sujud al-TilawahA single prostration made when reciting or hearing one of the Qur'an's verses of prostration.سُجودُ التِّلاوَة
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