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Sajda-e-Sahv

सज्दा-ए-सहव
Meaning

The two prostrations of forgetfulness made to compensate for an error or omission committed during ritual prayer.

Literally: prostration of error

See it in the verse

Sajda-e-Sahv in Iqbal’s couplets

Ye ek sajda jise tu garaan samajhta hai
Hazaar sajdon se deta hai aadmi ko nijaat
This one act of devotion, which you find so heavy to make — it frees a person from a thousand servile bowings.
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Related words
ARABIC

Sujood

Prostration in worship, especially the repeated prostrations of the ritual prayer.

PERSIAN

Namaaz

The ritual Islamic prayer performed five times daily.

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