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32:1

الٓمٓ

Aliflammeem

Alif, Lam, Meem.

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  1. الٓمٓAlif Lam Meem
As-Sajdah · 32:1Makkah

Alif Lam Mim: the surah he recited before sleep.

Opening letters, and a surah loved at night and Friday dawn

How it opens
Alif Lam Mimmeaning known to Allah
then
the revelationno doubt in it
When he recited it
Fajr on Fridayswith Al-Insan
before sleepingwith Al-Mulk

Abu Hurayrah reported that the Prophet ﷺ recited this surah in Fajr on Fridays. Jabir said he would not sleep until he recited it along with Al-Mulk. It opens with letters whose meaning is known to Allah.

The last thing you see before sleep is usually a screen. A message, a video, a feed. His last thing was this surah. The three letters are a doorway: stop, listen, then let the night begin.

Bedtime is for winding down with my phone.

The end of my day can begin with three letters and a pause.

Try this

Tonight, listen to or read Surah As-Sajdah before you sleep.

Related76:167:1
Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir

The Virtues of Surah Alif Lam Mim As-Sajdah

In the Book of the Friday prayer, Al-Bukhari recorded that Abu Hurayrah said, "The Prophet ﷺ used to recite in Fajr on Fridays:

الم - تَنْزِيلُ

(Alif Lam Mim. The revelation of...), As-Sajdah, and

هَلْ أَتَىٰ عَلَى الْإِنْسَانِ 

(Has there not been over man...)Al-Insan (76:71)." This was also recorded by Muslim. Imam Ahmad recorded that Jabir said, "The Prophet ﷺ would never sleep until he recited:

الم - تَنْزِيلُ

(Alif Lam Mim. The revelation of...), As-Sajdah, and

تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ

(Blessed be He in Whose Hand is the dominion) Al-Mulk (67:1)."

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ 

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

الم - تَنْزِيلُ الْكِتَابِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ - أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَاهُ ۚ بَلْ هُوَ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكَ لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْمًا مَا أَتَاهُمْ مِنْ نَذِيرٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ

(1. Alif Lam Mim.)(2. The revelation of the Book in which there is no doubt, is from the Lord of all that exists.)(3. Or say they: "He has fabricated it?" Nay, it is the truth from your Lord, so that you may warn a people to whom no warner has come before you, in order that they may be guided.)

The Qur'an is the Book of Allah in which there is no Doubt

We discussed the individual letters at the beginning of Surat Al-Baqarah, and there is no need to repeat it here.

تَنْزِيلُ الْكِتَابِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ

(The revelation of the Book in which there is no doubt,) means, there is no doubt whatsoever that it has been revealed

مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

(from the Lord of all that exists.) Then Allah tells us about the idolators:

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَاهُ ۚ 

(Or say they: "He has fabricated it?"): they say, he has fabricated it, i.e., he has made it up by himself.

بَلْ هُوَ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكَ لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْمًا مَا أَتَاهُمْ مِنْ نَذِيرٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ

(Nay, it is the truth from your Lord, so that you may warn a people to whom no warner has come before you, in order that they may be guided.) means, in order that they may follow the truth.