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Sajda-e-Shukr

सज्दा-ए-शुक्र
Meaning

A prostration of thanksgiving made to God on receiving a blessing or good news.

Literally: prostration of gratitude

See it in the verse

Sajda-e-Shukr 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.

ARABIC

Shukr

Gratitude, thankfulness, the recognition and acknowledgement of blessings.

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