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Name It is derived from the word in shaqqat in the first verse. Inshaqqat is infinitive which means to split as under, there by implying that it is the Surah in which mention has been made of the splitting as under of the heavens. Period of Revelatio...

Name It is derived from the word in shaqqat in the...

Name The Surah derives its name from verse 71 and 73 in which the word zumar has occurred. Period of Revelation In verse 10 (wa ardullah-i-wasi atun: and Allah's earth is vast) there is abundant evidence that this Sura was sent down before the migrat...

Name The Surah derives its name from verse 71 and ...

Name Itis derived from the wordkuwwirat in the first verse.Kuwwirat is passive voice fromtakwir in the past tense, and means "that which is folded up", thereby implying that it is a Surah in which the "folding up" has been mentioned: Period of Revela...

Name Itis derived from the wordkuwwirat in the fir...

Chapter 44 The sura derives its name from ayat no.10 which warns of a clearly visible smoke descending on the unbelievers. Some commentators believe it refers to the smoke which will envelop the world before the day of Judgement, and which will be es...

Chapter 44 The sura derives its name from ayat no....

Name The Surah has been so designated after the wordal-muzzammil occurring in the very first verse. This is only a name and not a title of its subject matter. Period of Revelation The two sections of this Surah were revealed in two separate periods. ...

Name The Surah has been so designated after the wo...

Name The Surah takes its nameal-Mulk from the very first sentence. Period of Revelation It could not be known from any authentic tradition when this Surah was revealed, but the subject matter and the style indicate that it is one of the earliest Sura...

Name The Surah takes its nameal-Mulk from the very...

Name This Surah is calledNun as well asAl-Qalam, the words with which it begins. Period of Revelation This too is one of the earliest surahs to be revealed atMecca, but its subject matter shows that it was sent down at the time when opposition to the...

Name This Surah is calledNun as well asAl-Qalam, t...

Name It is derived from the sentenceidha nudiya-lis-salat-imin-yaum-il- Jumu'ati of verse 9. Although in this Surah injunctions about the Friday congregational Prayer also have been given, yet "Jumu'ah" is not the title of its subject-matter as a who...

Name It is derived from the sentenceidha nudiya-li...

NameThe Surah is so designated after the wordal buruj appearing in the first verse. Period of Revelation The subject matter itself indicates that this Surah was sent down atMecca in the period when persecution of the Muslims was at its climax and the...

NameThe Surah is so designated after the wordal bu...

Name The word Fatir of the first very verse is the title given to this Surah which simply means that it is a Surah in which the word Fatir has occurred. The other name is Al- Malaika (The Angels) which also occurs in the first verse. Period of Revela...

Name The word Fatir of the first very verse is the...

Name The Surah taken its name from the wordal-tariq in its first verse. Period of Revelation The style of its subject matter resembles that of the earliest Surahs revealed at Mecca, but this surah was sent down at a stage when the disbelievers of Mec...

Name The Surah taken its name from the wordal-tari...

Name The surah takes its name Al-Mu'minun from the first verse. Period of Revelation Both its style and theme indicate that it was revealed during the middle stage of Prophethood at Mecca. Reading between the lines one feels that a bitter conflict ha...

Name The surah takes its name Al-Mu'minun from the...

Name The name of this Surah has not been taken from any verse but it has been called Al-Anbiya' because it contains a continuous account of many Anbiya' (Prophets). Nevertheless it is a symbolic name and not a title. Period of Revelation Both the sub...

Name The name of this Surah has not been taken fro...

Name The Surah derives its name from the sentenceyuqatiluna fi sabil-i- hlsaff-an of verse 4; thereby implying that it is a Surah in which the wordsaff occurred. Period of Revelation It could not be known from any reliable tradition, but a study of i...

Name The Surah derives its name from the sentencey...

NameIt is derived from the word wan-nazi`at with which the Surah opens.Period of RevelationAccording to Abdullah bin Abbas,this Surah was sent down after Surah An-Naba. Its subject matteralso testifies that it belongs to the earliest period at Mecca....

NameIt is derived from the word wan-nazi`at with w...

Name This Surah takes its name from vv. 46-47 in which mention of A'araf occurs. Period of Revelation A study of its contents clearly shows that the period of its revelation is about the same as that of al-An'am, i. e. the last year of the Holy Proph...

Name This Surah takes its name from vv. 46-47 in w...

The weight of clouds can reach quite astonishing proportions. For example, a cumulonimbus cloud, commonly known as the thunder cloud, can contain up to 300,000 tons of water. The fact that a mass of 300,000 tons of water can remain aloft is truly ama...

The weight of clouds can reach quite astonishing p...

Praise belongs to Allah Who created the heavens and the earth and appointed darkness and light... (Quran, 6:1) We all know that without light a person cannot see his surroundings with the naked eye. However, the light that we can see is only a very ...

Praise belongs to Allah Who created the heavens an...

Name The Surah takes its name from its first wordal- qari'ah. This is not only a name but also the title of its subject matter, for the Surah is devoted to Resurrection. Period of Revelation There is no dispute about its being a Makki Surah. Its cont...

Name The Surah takes its name from its first worda...

One of the properties of seas that has only recently been discovered is related in a verse of the Quran as follows: He has let loose the two seas, converging together, with a barrier between them they do not break through. (Quran, 55:19-20) This pr...

One of the properties of seas that has only recent...

… And [in His] directing of the winds, there are Signs for people who use their intellect. (Quran, 45:5) Wind is a movement of air which forms between two different temperature centers. Due to the different pressures caused by different temperatures ...

… And [in His] directing of the winds, there are S...