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Name The Surah takes its name from the wordal-'asr occurring in the first verse. Period of Revelation Although Mujahid, Qatadah and Muqatil regard it as a Madani Surah, yet a great majority of the commentators opine that it is Makki; its subject matt...

Name The Surah takes its name from the wordal-'asr...

Name The Surah takes its name from verse 224 in which the word Ash-Shu'ara occurs. Period of Revelation The subject matter and the style show, and the traditions confirm, that it was revealed during the middle Makkan period. According to Ibn Abbas, S...

Name The Surah takes its name from verse 224 in wh...

Name "Nuh" is the name of this Surah as well as the title of its subject matter, for in it, from beginning to the end, the story of the Prophet Noah has been related. Period of Revelation This also is one of the earliest Surahs to be revealed atMecca...

Name "Nuh" is the name of this Surah as well as th...

Name The Surah has been so named after the very First wordat-tin. Period of Revelation According to Qatadah, this Surah is Madani. Two different views have been reported from Ibn Abbas: first that it is a Makki Surah, and second that it is Madani. Bu...

Name The Surah has been so named after the very Fi...

Name The Surah takes its name from verse 41 in which the word Ankabut (Spider) has occurred. Period of Revelation Verses 56 to 60 clearly show that this Surah was sent down a little before the migration to Habash and this is supported by the internal...

Name The Surah takes its name from verse 41 in whi...

Name It is derived from the very first verse; Wayl-ul-lil mutaffifin. Period of Revelation The style of the Surah and its subject matter clearly show that it was revealed in the earliest stage atMecca, when surah after surah was being revealed to imp...

Name It is derived from the very first verse; Wayl...

Name The Surah takes its name from the wordwal-lail with which it opens. Period of Revelation Its subject matter so closely resembles that of Surah Ash-Shams that each Surah seems to be an explanation of the other. It is one and the same thing which ...

Name The Surah takes its name from the wordwal-lai...

Name In verse 10 of this Surah it has been enjoined that the women who emigrate to dar al-Islam (the Islamic State) and claim to be Muslims, should be examined hence the title Al-Mumtahinah. The word is pronounced both as mumtahinah and as mumtahanah...

Name In verse 10 of this Surah it has been enjoine...

Name The Surah takes its name from the wordal-Haaqqah with which it opens. Period of Revelation This too is one of the earliest surahs to be revealed at Mecca. Its subject matter shows that it was sent down at the time when opposition to the Holy Pro...

Name The Surah takes its name from the wordal-Haaq...

Name The Surah derives its name from the sentence wa amanu bi-ma nuzzila ala Muhammad-in of verse 2, thereby implying that it is the Surah in which the holy name of Muhammad (upon whom be Allah's peace and blessings) has occurred. Besides, it has ano...

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

Name This Surah takes its name from v. 27. Period of Revelation As this Surah contains the characteristics of both the Makki and the Madani Surahs the commentators have differed as to its period of revelation but in the light of its style and themes ...

Name This Surah takes its name from v. 27. Period ...

Name It is derived from the wordzilzal in the first verse. Period of Revelation Whether or not it was revealed atMecca or Medina, is disputed. Ibn Masud, 'Ata, Jabir, and Mjahid say that it is a Makki Surah and a statement of Ibn Abbas also supports ...

Name It is derived from the wordzilzal in the firs...

Name The Surah is so entitled after the word `alaq in the second verse. Period of Revelation This Surah has two parts: the first part consists of vv. 1-5, and the second of vv. 6-19. About the first part a great majority of the Islamic scholars are a...

Name The Surah is so entitled after the word `alaq...

Name The Surah takes its name from the two letters of the alphabet with which it begins. Period of Revelation A study of the style shows that it was either sent down during the last stage of the middle Makkan period or it is one of those Surahs which...

Name The Surah takes its name from the two letters...

Name The Surah has been named Luqman after Luqman the Sage whose admonitions to his son have been related in vv. 12-19 of this Surah. Period of Revelation A perusal of the subject matter shows that it was sent down in the period when persecution to s...

Name The Surah has been named Luqman after Luqman ...

Name The Sura takes its name from the phrase wadin-naml which occurs in verse 18 implying that it is a Sura in which the story of Al-Naml (the Ant) has been related. Period of Revelation The subject matter and the style bear full resemblance with the...

Name The Sura takes its name from the phrase wadin...

Name It is derived from the verse 21. Period of Revelation It is determined by an historical event that has been mentioned in vv. 29-32. This incident of the visit of the jinn and their going back after listening to the Qur'an had occurred, according...

Name It is derived from the verse 21. Period of Re...

Name The Surah takes its name "Al-Furqan" from the first verse. Though it is symbolic like the names of many other Surahs it has a close relation to its subject matter. Period of Revelation It appears from its style and subject matter that like Sura ...

Name The Surah takes its name "Al-Furqan" from the...

Name The Surah derived its name from the wordan-Naba in the second verse. This is not only a name but also a title of its subject matter, forNaba implies the news of Resurrection and Hereafter and the whole Surah is devoted to the same theme. Period ...

Name The Surah derived its name from the wordan-Na...

Name The Surah is so designated after the first sentence. Period of Revelation Its subject matter so closely resembles that of Surah Al-Ḍuha that both these Surah seem to have been revealed in about the same period under similar conditions. According...

Name The Surah is so designated after the first se...

Period of RevelationThis Surah comprises several discourses which were revealed on different occasions during the period ranging probably between the end of A. H. 3 and the end of A. H. 4 or the beginning of A. H. 5. Although it is difficult to deter...

Period of RevelationThis Surah comprises several d...