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Name The Surah is so designated after the word al-bayyinah occurring at the end of the first verse. Period of Revelation Where it was revealed, atMecca or Madinah, is also disputed. Some commentators say it is a Makki revelation according to most sch...

Name The Surah is so designated after the word al-...

Name The Surah takes its name from the word al-kafirun occurring in the first verse. Period of Revelation Abdullah bin Mas'ud, Hasan Basri and Ikrimah, say that this Surah, is Makki, while Abdullah bin Zubair says that it is Madani. Two different vie...

Name The Surah takes its name from the word al-kaf...

However about the olive, the great nutritionists and the scholars who spend their most of the years of life in studying the specialities of various fruits, for the olives and its oil, gave a specific importance and they believe that those who want to...

However about the olive, the great nutritionists a...

FATIMA IN THE VERSE OF RELATIONSHIP The verse of relationship, from the Quran, says: "Say: `No reward do I ask of you for this except the love of those near of kin. 'And if anyone earns any good, We shall give him an increase of good in respect there...

FATIMA IN THE VERSE OF RELATIONSHIP The verse of r...

Name This Surah is entitled Al Mujadalah as well as Al Mujadilah, the title being derived from the word tujadiluka of the very first verse. As at the outset mention has been made of the woman who pleaded with the Holy Prophet (upon whom be Allah's pe...

Name This Surah is entitled Al Mujadalah as well a...

Name The Surah takes its name from the word Lahab in the first verse. Period of Revelation Although the commentators have not disputed its being a Makki Surah, yet it is difficult to determine in which phase of the life at Mecca precisely it was reve...

Name The Surah takes its name from the word Lahab ...

Name The Surah takes its name from the word al- muddaththir in the first verse. This also is only a name, not a title of its subject matter. Period of Revelation The first seven verses of this Surah belong to the earliest period atMecca. Even accordi...

Name The Surah takes its name from the word al- mu...

Name This Sarah takes its' name from verse 112 in which the word Mai'dah occurs. Like the names of many other surahs this name has no special relation to the subject of the Surah but has been used merely as a symbol to distinguish it from other surah...

Name This Sarah takes its' name from verse 112 in ...

This surah descended at Mecca and it has 8 verses The contents and virtues of Surah At-Tؤ«n (The Fig) In fact this surah rotates around the topic of the beautiful human creation, his stages towards perfection, his decline and this subject started b...

This surah descended at Mecca and it has 8 verses ...

Name The Surah takes its name from the wordhumazah occurring in the first verse. Period of Revelation All commentators are agreed that it is a Makki Surah; a study of its subject matter and style shows that this too is one of the earliest Surahs to b...

Name The Surah takes its name from the wordhumazah...

Name The Surah takes its name AL-ANFAL (The Bounties) from the first verse. The Period of Revelation It was revealed in 2 A. H. after the Battle of Badr the first battle between Islam and kufr. As it contains a detailed and comprehensive review of th...

Name The Surah takes its name AL-ANFAL (The Bounti...

Name The Surah derives its name from the word as-hab al fil in the very first verse. Period of Revelation This is unanimously a Makki Surah; and if it is studied against its historical background it appears that it must have been sent down in the ver...

Name The Surah derives its name from the word as-h...

Name The Surah has been so designated after the word al-qadr in the very first verse. Period of Revelation Whether it is a Makki or a Madani revelation is disputed. Abu Hayyan inAl-Bahr al-Muhti has made the claim that the majority of scholars regard...

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

Name This Surah is known by two names Al-Tawba and Al-Bara'a. It is called Al-Tawba because it enunciates the nature of tawba (repentance) and mentions the conditions of its acceptance (vv. 102. 118). The second name Bara'a (Release) is taken from th...

Name This Surah is known by two names Al-Tawba and...

Name The Surah takes its name from verse 25 in which the word Al-Qasas occurs. Lexically qasas means to relate events in their proper sequence. Thus from the view- point of the meaning too this word can be a suitable title for this Surah for in it th...

Name The Surah takes its name from verse 25 in whi...

Name The Surah has been so designated after the word al-kauthar occurring in the first verse. Period of Revelation Ibn Marduyah has cited Abdullah bin Abbas, Abdullah bin az-Zubair and Aishah as saying that this Surah is Makki. Kalbi and Muqatil also...

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

Name This Surah takes its name from verses 136, 138 and 139 in which some superstitious beliefs of the idolatrous Arabs concerning the lawfulness of some cattle and the unlawfulness of some others have been refuted. Period of Revelation According to ...

Name This Surah takes its name from verses 136, 13...

Name The Surah derives its name Al-Ahzab from verse 20. Period of Revelation The Surah discusses three important events which are: the Battle of the Trench (or Al-Ahzab: the Clans) which took place in Shawwal A. H. 5; the raid on Bani Quraizah which ...

Name The Surah derives its name Al-Ahzab from vers...

Name The Surah derives its name from the mention of the wordal-hashr in verse thereby implying that it is the Surah in which the wordal-hashr has occurred. Period of Revelation Bukhari andMuslim contain a tradition from Sa'id bin Jubair to the effect...

Name The Surah derives its name from the mention o...

Name Why the name AL-BAQARAH? AL-BAQARAH (the Cow) has been so named from the story of the Cow occurring in this Surah (vv. 67-73). It has not, however, been used as a title to indicate the subject of the Surah. It will, therefore, be as wrong to tra...

Name Why the name AL-BAQARAH? AL-BAQARAH (the Cow)...

Name This Surah is entitled Ar-Rahman, the word with which it begins. This title, however, deeply relates to the subject matter of the Surah too, for in it, from the beginning to the end, the manifestations and fruits of Allah's attribute of mercy an...

Name This Surah is entitled Ar-Rahman, the word wi...