The Glorious Qur`an

32: Worship Or Adoration (sajdah)

This chapter was revealed after Believers 23 and before The Mount 52. The act of kneeling in worship or prostration is mentioned in II, 15:III, and 41:V. However I do not care for the term prostration `that has often been given as a translation for the title since it has neurotic overtones in contemporary English. Islamic worship requires more reverence.

This is the last chapter initialed with the letters A. L. M. " (these have already appeared in Chapters 2 , 3 , 29 , 30 , & 31). It consists of 30 Meccan verses arranged in three sections, except for vv. 16-20 in section ii which date from Madina. Creation and man are the initial themes heard in section i.