Sujūd at-tilāwah (prostration upon recitation) is a prostration that a person performs when reciting verses in the Qur'an. There are several subjects when performing sujūd at-tilāwah that are recommended by performing the prostration without performing the tashahhud and salam.
The evidence for sujūd at-tilāwah, as related by Imām Abū Dāwud, Imām al-Bayhaqī, and Imām al-Hākim, from Ibn 'Umar, the Prophet said:
When Ibn 'Umar said: Once when the Prophet was reciting the Qur'an (the verse of prostration), if the verse of prostration was recited, he rose and prostrated, so we then prostrated.
Another narration from Ibn Mas'ūd:
When you recite the verse of prostration, rise and then prostrate. When you raise your head, then rise.
It is Sunnahfor the reciter and the listener. When performing prayer and the imam recites a verse of prostration, it is recommended to perform sujūd at-tilāwah.
As for the recitation during sujūd at-tilāwah:
سَجَدَ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِيْ خَلَقَهُ وَ صَوَّرَهُ وَ شَقَّ سَمْعَهُ وَ بَصَرَهُ بِحَوْلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى وَ قُوَّتِهِ فَتَبَارَكَ اللهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِيْنَ.
Sajada wajhi lilladzi qolaqohu washowwarohu washaqqo sam 'ahu wabashorohu bikhauwlihi waquwwatihi,tabaarokallohu akhsanal qoliqiina
I have prostrated my face to the One who created it and formed it, and opened its hearing and sight, by the might and strength of Allah. Blessed be Allah, the Best of Creators.
In the Qur'an there are fifteen verses upon which sujūd at-tilāwah is commanded:
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