What is ruku and sujud?per Quran
What is ruku and sujud? In our study Why SUJUD is NOT physical prostration, we noted what sujud is not. Now we will see what sujud is. We get a precise meaning of sujud (root sjd, S-J-D) from Quranic references, e.g.: See they not all the things that God has created, how their shadows incline to the right and to the left, doing SUJUD (complying) to God and they remain obedient?/ And to God do SUJUD (comply) whatsoever that is in the Heavens and that is in the Earth, of living beings as well as of the controllers, and they are not arrogant./ They reverence their Sustainer high above them, and do whatever they are ordered to do. 16:48-50 Above the Quran draws our attention to the way how everything in the Universe is in sujud, while describing the essence of their sujud: They remain obedient (wa hum dakhirun) as they possess no ego (wa hum la yastakbarun), while doing as they are ordered to do (wa yaf’aluna ma yumarun). So sujud is obediently complying with (acting in accordance with) th...