The name of the chapter has been translated as ۩ 'prostration' [1] or 'adoration'[2] and is taken from the fifteenth verse, which mentions those who "... fall prostrate and hymn the praise of their Lord".

The first half of the chapter covers some of Islam's theological concepts, including revelation, God, creation of human beings, resurrection and the judgment day.

The chapter then mentions the Children of Israel as an example of people who follow God's guidance through Moses.

[4] A hadith, narrated in the Tafsir of ibn Kathir (d.1373), said that Muhammad often recited As-Sajda together with Al-Insan (Quran 76) for the early morning prayer (fajr) every Friday.

For example, Mahmud al-Alusi opines that the close connection between these verses and the preceding ones means that they are likely from the same period.