al-Sajda

As-Sadschda ( Arabic السجدة as-Saǧda  'the adoration, the prostration') is the 32nd sura of the Koran , it contains 30 verses . The sura is dated to the beginning of the third Meccan period (620–622), with the exception of verses 16–20, which were written in Medina . These five verses contain a response to a confrontation on the day of the Battle of Badr in March 624 between the young Ali ibn Abi Talib and Uqba ibn Abu Mu'ayt (عقبة بن أبو معيط), a neighbor of Muhammad and opponent of Islam , but whose three children all converted to Islam.

After the introductory basmala and three mysterious letters , the sura confirms the divine origin of the Koranic message. Verses 4 and 5 describe the divine creation as a six-day work , whereby سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ is also translated as "six times" in certain versions, since the Arabic word 'yaum' means both day and time span. The expression yudabbiru al-amr  /يُدَبِّرُ الْأَمْرَis translated as “He regulates the matter” (Khoury), “He will direct the advice” (Ahmadiyya), “He has everything” (Azhar) or “He directs the Logos ” (Paret). In the following, topics are dealt with that appear again and again in the Koran: God's traces in nature, resistance of unbelievers , resurrection after being recalled by the angel of death , who is identified in Islamic tradition as Azrael , divine retribution in the hereafter for the righteous and wicked. Verse 23 confirms the divine revelation of the "book" to Moses .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Adel Theodor Khoury : The Koran. Translated and commented by Adel Theodor Khoury. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-08023-9 , pp. 393-395.

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