🕋 Sajdah Verses — The 14 Prostrations of Recitation

The verses of prostration in the Quran. When a reciter reaches one of these, it is prescribed to perform a prostration — Sujūd at-Tilāwah.

Counts vary by school; this list follows the widely used 14-verse reckoning. Badges note agreed-upon vs. recommended status per the major schools.

How to perform Sujūd at-Tilāwah

Upon reciting or hearing a verse of sajdah, the reader (and listener following along) says "Allāhu Akbar" and goes into a single prostration — the same as the prostration in prayer. In sujūd one says سَجَدَ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِي خَلَقَهُ وَصَوَّرَهُ وَشَقَّ سَمْعَهُ وَبَصَرَهُ بِحَوْلِهِ وَقُوَّتِهِ ("My face has prostrated to the One who created it and shaped it and brought forth its hearing and sight by His power and might"), then rises. Outside of prayer there is no fixed taslīm; in prayer one continues normally. Facing the qiblah and wuḍūʾ are observed as in prayer.

14 verses of prostration: