Surah Introduction*
The Surah Discusses Some Of The Doubts And Arguments Of The Non-Believers Against The Principles Of Tawhid, Risalah And Akhirah. It Invites Human Beings To Think And Reflect On Their Own Selves And On The Nature Surrounding Them. Every Thing Points That There Is A Wise And Powerful Creator For This Universe. He Has Not Created All This Phenomenon In Vain. The Creation Has A Purpose.

Sections:
The Qur'an Is From The Lord Of The Worlds. Allah Created This Whole Universe. He Created Human Beings, But Some Human Beings Deny The Resurrection.
The Difference Between The Believers And Non-Believers.
The Mission Of Prophet Moses - Peace Be Upon Him. Take Lessons From The History Of Other Nations. Signs Of Resurrection In Nature.
Surah As-Sajdah [The Prostration] Has An Ayat Of Prostration (32:15) [Which Entails An Act Of Prostration After Its Recital]. There Are 15 Places Of Prostration In The Mushaf. In The 15Th Ayat Of Surah As-Sajdah [The Prostration], There Is A Place Of Sajdah [Prostration] And This Ayat Has 15 Words.
There Are 30 Ayat In This Surah.

Central Theme*
The Main Theme Of The Surah Is To Remove The Doubts Of The People Concerning Monotheism (Tawhid), The Hereafter, The Prophethood And To Invite Them To All These Three Realities. The Disbelievers Of Makkah When They Talked Of The Prophet In Private Would Say To One Another ‘This Person Is Forging Something Very Strange, Sometimes He Gives News Of What Will Happen After Death. He Says: ‘When You Have Become Dust You Will Be Called To Render Your Accounts And There Will Be Hell And Heaven.’ Sometimes He Says: ‘These Gods And Goddesses And Saints Are Nonentities: One God Alone Is The Deity.’ And Sometimes He Says: ‘The Discourses Which I Recite Are Not My Own But God’s Word. All These Are Strange Things Which He Presents.’ The Answer To These Doubts And Misgivings Forms The Theme And Subject Matter Of This Surah.

Connection Of The Name Of The Surah And Its Ayaat*
There Are 15 Places Of Prostration In The Mushaf. In The 15Th Ayat Of Surah As-Sajdah [The Prostration], There Is A Place Of Sajdah [Prostration]. The Places Of Prostration In The Mushaf Are:
1. Surah Al-A'raaf (7:206)
2. Surah Ar-Ra'd (13:15)
3. Surah An-Nahl (16:50)
4. Surah Al-Isra'(17:109)
5. Surah Maryam (19:58)
6. Surah Al-Hajj (22:18)
7. Surah Al-Hajj 22:77)
8. Surah Al-Furqan (25:60)
9. Surah An-Naml (27:26)
10.Surah As-Sajda (32:15)
11.Surah Saad (38:24)
12.Surah Fussilat (41:38)
13.Surah An-Najm (53:62)
14.Surah Al-Inshiqaq (84:21)
15.Surah Al-Alaq (96:19)

Connection Of The Surah To The Surah Before/After It*
Sarah 29, 30, 31 And 32 All Begin With Alif-Lam-Meem - The Same Huruf Muqatiat [Disjointed Letters]

The Virtues Of The Surah*
The Messenger Of Allah [Saw] Would Recite Surah As-Sajdah [32] In The First Rak'ah Of Fajr Salah On Fridays. He Would Recite Surah Al-Insan [76] In The Second Rak'ah. [Saheeh Muslim]
Jamir Ibn Abdullah Reports That The Messenger Of Allah [Saw] Would Not Sleep Until He Had Recited Surah As-Sajdah [32] And Surah Al-Mulk [67].

Period Of Revelation*
From The Style Of The Surah It Appears That It Was Sent Down During The Early-Middle Makkah Period. This Is Due To Little Reference Of The Severity Of The Persecution And Tyranny Which One Finds In The Surahs Sent Down In The Later Stages.