Al Quran Kareem

List of Sujud/Prostration Places in the Qur’an

There are 14 (+1) places in the Qur’an where it is good practice to prostrate when reading/reciting.

#Name of SurahSurah #Verse #
1Al-A’raaf (The Heights)7206
2Ar-Ra’d (The Thunder)1315
3An-Nahl (The Bee)1650
4Al-Israa (The Night Journey)17109
5Maryam (Mary)1958
6Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)2218
7*Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)2277
8Al-Furqaan (The Criterion)2560
9An-Naml (The Ant)2726
10As-Sajda (The Prostration)3215
11Saad (The letter Saad)3824
12Fussilat (Explained in detail)4138
13An-Najm (The Star)5362
14Al-Inshiqaaq (The Splitting Open)8421
15Al-Alaq (The Clot)9619

Note: * In all, fourteen (14) places of prostration are agreed upon by all Muslim religious scholars and Ulamā, while Imām Shāfi’ī suggests prostration at this place (22:77).