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58. Al-Mujadilah (She Who Pleaded) Consisting of 22 verses, this sūrah was revealed in Madīnah, most probably after the Battle of the Trench, in the fifth year after Hijrah. Al-Mujadilah or Al-Mujadila (The Pleading Woman or She Who Pleaded) derives its name from the first verse, where a woman’s plea...
63. Al-Munafiqun (The Hypocrites) Revealed in Madīnah, most probably in the sixth year after the Hijrah, this sūrah has 11 verses, and it takes its name from the word Al-Munafiqun or Al-Munafiqoon (The Hypocrites) in the first verse. It reveals the inner world of the hypocrites and their plots against...
79. An-Nazi’aat (The Draggers) Revealed in Makkah, this sūrah of 46 verses takes its name from the word An-Nazi’aat or an-nāzi‘āt (those angels who fly out or The Draggers) in the first verse. It reminds us of death, warns against those who deny the afterlife, and draws attention to the...
92. Al-Layl (The Night) This sūrah of 21 verses was revealed in Makkah. It takes its name from the word al-layl (the night) in the first verse. It urges humans to do the things that will earn their salvation, and to avoid the things that will earn their perdition. In...
108. Al-Kawthar (Abundant Good) Revealed in Makkah and having three verses, this sūrah takes its name from al-kawthar (unceasing, abundant good) in its first verse. It gives God’s Messenger, upon him be peace and blessings, the good tidings that he will be favored with unceasing, abundant blessings, and that those...
109. Al-Kaafirun This sūrah of six verses was revealed in Makkah. It takes its name from the word al-kāfirūn or Al-Kaafirun (The Unbelievers) in the first verse. Kāfir means one who rejects faith in one, some, or all the principles of faith that must be believed in by a believing...
111. Al-Masad (Ruin) Revealed in Makkah in the early period of the Makkan era of the Prophet Muhammad’s mission, this sūrah, Al-Masad, of five verses takes its name from the verb TabBa (be ruined), in the first verse. It promises and foretells the perishing of Abū Lahab and his wife,...
110. An-Nasr (Help) This sūrah, An-Nasr, of three verses was revealed in Madīnah some three months before the death of God’s Messenger, upon him be peace and blessings. It is about God’s completion of His favor upon him during his life and, therefore, the end of the Messenger’s duty of...
112. Al-Ikhlaas (Putirity of Faith) This sūrah (Al-Ikhlaas or Al-Ikhlas, Putirity of Faith) of four verses was revealed in Makkah. It takes its name from the subject matter; for this reason, it is also called Sūrat at-Tawhīd (Declaration of God’s Absolute Unity). In the Name of God, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate....
113. Al-Falaq (The Daybreak) Revealed in Madīnah, and consisting of five verses, this sūrah gets its name from the word al-falaq (the daybreak) in the first verse. It teaches us how to seek refuge in God from every evil to which we may be exposed. In the Name of God,...
114. An-Naas (Humankind) This sūrah of six verses was revealed in Madīnah. Its name comes from the word An-Naas or an-nās (humankind), which recurs throughout. It teaches us how to seek refuge with God from the secret devices of Satan or similar beings, and it is the last sūrah of the...
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Fi Dhilal Al Qur’an Fi Dhilal Al Qur’an (في ظِلالِ القرآن, fī ẓilāl al-qur’ān, lit. ‘In the Shade of the Qur’an‘) is a highly influential commentary of the Qur’an, written during 1951-1965 by the Egyptian Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966), a leader within the Muslim Brotherhood. He wrote (or re-wrote) most of the original 30 volumes (114 Surahs) while...
Risale-i Nur The Risale-i Nur Collection (Risale-i Nur Külliyatı, رسالة نور كلىاتي) is a tafsir (Islamic exegesis) on the Qur’an written by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, a Kurd from Bitlis region of Turkey between the 1910s and 1950s. The commentary does not keep to the order of the ayah as is done in classic Islamic exegesis, as it makes comments on...
Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal is a collection of hadith compiled by the Islamic scholar Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 241 AH/855 AD) to whom the Hanbali fiqh (legislation) is attributed. Description It is one of the largest hadith books written in Islamic History containing more than twenty-seven thousand (27000) hadiths according to Maktaba Shamila....
List Of Tafsir Works The following is a list of tafsir works. Tafsir is a body of commentary and explication, aimed at explaining the meanings of the Qur’an, the central religious text of Islam. Tafsir can broadly be categorized by its affiliated Islamic schools and branches and the era it was published, classic or modern. Modern...
Violence In The Quran This article covers the answer to the question: “Is there violence in the Quran?“ The Quran contains verses believed by Muslims to be revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad at different times and under different circumstances – some exhorting violence against enemies and others urging restraint and conciliation. Because some verses abrogate others, and because...
Asbab al-nuzul Asbab al-nuzul or occasions or circumstances of revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl, أسباب النزول) names the historical context in which Quranic verses were revealed from the perspective of traditional Islam. Though of some use in reconstructing the Qur’an’s historicity, asbāb is by nature an exegetical rather than a historiographical genre, and as such usually associates the verses it explicates with general situations...
Outline Of Islamic Texts The outline of Islamic texts gives readers many informative articles about Islam’s holy books. The Quran and the Hadith are the two major texts of Islam. These books teach and illustrate Islamic beliefs, values, and practices. They are also important historical documents (especially the Quran), which...
List Of Hadith Collections The following is a list of Hadith collections, which are sources that contain the sayings, acts, or tacit approvals, validly or invalidly, ascribed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and collected by Muhaddiths. Hadith has been called “the backbone” of Islamic civilization, and within that religion, the authority of...
