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At-Takāthur  ( التكاثر, "Rivalry, Competition") is the 102nd chapter of the  Qur'an , with 8 verses Regarding the timing and contextual background of the believed revelation ( asbāb al-nuzūl ), it is an earlier " Meccan surah ", which means it is believed to have been revealed in Mecca, rather than later in  Medina . Text, translation, and transliteration The translation is...

Al-Adiyat  or  The War Horses which run swiftly [1]  ( Arabic : العاديات,  al-ʿādiyāt , also known as "The Courser, The Chargers") is the 100th chapter ( sūrah ) of the  Qur'an , with 11  āyāt  or verses. Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation ( asbāb al-nuzūl ), it is an earlier " Meccan surah ", which means it is believed to have been revealed in...

Al-Adiyat  or  The War Horses which run swiftly [1]  ( العاديات,  al-ʿādiyāt , also known as "The Courser, The Chargers") is the 100th chapter of the  Qur'an , with 11  āyāt  or verses. Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation ( asbāb al-nuzūl ), it is an earlier " Meccan surah ", which means it is believed to have been revealed in Mecca, rather than...

Al-Zalzalah  ( الزلزلة,  al-zalzalah , meaning: "The Quake") is the 99th chapter ( surah ) of the  Qur'an , composed of 8  ayat  or verses. Although it is usually classified as a  Medinan surah , the period during which the surah was revealed is not unanimously agreed upon by Qur'anic exegetes. Other  Abrahamic religions  also support the idea of punishment to the wrongdoers like...

Al-ʻAlaq  ( Arabic : العلق,  al-ʻalaq , also known as "The Clinging Thing" or "The Embryo" [1] ), is the 96th chapter of the  Qur'an . It is composed of 19 verses. It is sometimes also known as  Sūrat Iqrā  (سورة إقرا, "Read") Chapter 96 of the Qur'an is traditionally believed to have been  Muhammad's first revelation . It is said that while Muhammad was o...

At-Tīn  ( التين, "The Fig, The Figtree") is the ninety-fifth surah of the  Qur'an , with 8 verses Summary 1-4  Oaths that God created man "a most excellent fabric" 5-6  God has made all men vile except true believers 7-8  None may rightly deny the judgment-day [1] This  sura  opens by mentioning the  fig  (the sura's namesake), the  olive  of  Jerusalem ,  Mount Sinai ,...

Al-Inshirāḥ  ( الانشراح, "Solace" or "Comfort"), or  ash-Sharḥ  ( الشرح, "The Opening-Up of the Breast")  [1]  is the ninety-fourth chapter of the  Qur'an , with eight or verses. Because of its subject matter, length, style, and placement in the Qur'an, this sura is often coupled with Surah  ad-Dhuha  (Sura 93). They are generally considered to have been revea...

Al-Ḍuḥā  ( الضحى, "The Morning Hours", "Morning Bright", "The Early Hours") is the ninety-third chapter of the  Qur'an , with 11 or verses. Qur'an 93 takes its name from Arabic its opening word,  al-ḍuḥā , "the morning" The chapter begins with  oaths . It is often coupled with sura  al-Inshirah , sometimes without the  basmala  between them. It shoul...

Sūrat al-Layl   الليل "The Night" is the ninety-second  sūrah  (chapter) of the  Qur'an , containing twenty-one  āyāt  (verses). This sūrah is one of the first ten to be revealed in  Mecca . It contrasts two types of people, the charitable and the miserly, and describes each of their characteristics Summary 1-4  Oaths by various natural objects 5-13  The obedient blessed and the cove...

Ash-Shams  الشمس "The Sun" is the 91st  surah  of the  Qur'an , with 15  ayat  or verses. It opens with a series of solemn oaths sworn on various  astronomical  phenomena, the first of which, "by the sun", gives the sura its name, then on the human soul itself. It then describes the fate of  Thamud , a formerly prosperous but now extinct  Arab tribe . The prophet  Saleh  ur...

Al-Balad   البلد, "The City" is the 90th  Surah  or chapter of the  Qur'an . It is composed of 20 verses Summary 1-7  Man, though created in misery, yet boasts of his riches 8-16  Captives to be freed and the poor and  orphan  to be fed 17-20  Description of the  companions of the right  and left hand The subject matter and style of  Qur'anic chapter   al balad  resemble those of...

Al-Fajr  ( Arabic : الفجر, "The Dawn", "Daybreak") is the eighty-ninth chapter of the  Quran , with 30 verses . [3]  The sura describes destruction of disbelieving peoples: the  Ancient Egyptians , the people of  Iram of the Pillars , and  Mada'in Saleh . It condemns those who love wealth and look with disdain upon the poor and orphans. Righteous people are promised  Paradi...

Al-Ghāshiyah  ( Arabic : الغاشية, "The Overwhelming", "The Pall") is the 88th chapter ( surah ) of the  Qur'an , with 26  ayat  or verses. The surah's topics are  Paradise ,  Hell  and the miracle of the creation of all things by God. This surah refers to three broad-ranging topics. First, God describes the difference between good and evil paths that an individual can t...

Al-Aʻlā  ( Arabic : الأعلى,  lit.  'The Most High, Glory To Your Lord In The Highest') is the eighty-seventh chapter ( surah ) of the  Qur'an , with 19  ayat  or verses. Al-A'la describes the Islamic view of existence, the  Oneness of Allah , and Divine revelation, additionally mentioning rewards and punishments. Mankind often hides things from each other and from themselves as wel...

Aṭ-Ṭāriq ( الطارق, " the Morning Star ", "Nightcomer"), is the  eighty-sixth   sura  of the  Quran , with 17  ayat  or verses. Muslims believe this chapter was sent to  Muhammad  when he was in  Mecca . Summary 1-3  Oath by the star of piercing brightness 4  Every soul has its guardian angel 5-8  God the Creator, and therefore can raise the dead 9-10  The judgment-day shall rev...

Al-Burooj [1]  ( Arabic : البروج,  romanized :  al-burūj , "The Great Star") is the  eighty-fifth chapter  ( surah ) of the  Quran , with 22  ayat  or verses. [2]  The word "Al-Burooj" in the first verse is usually translated as 'stars', or more specifically, 'great stars'. [3]  The word Al-Burooj is the plural of Burj, which means fort or tower; something that...

Al-Inshiqāq  ( Arabic : الانشقاق, "The Sundering", "Splitting Open") is the eighty-fourth chapter ( surah ) of the  Qur'an , with 25 verses ( āyāt ). It mentions details of the  Day of Judgment  when, according to this chapter, everyone will receive reckoning over their deeds in this world. [2] Summary 1-5  Signs of the  Judgment Day 6-15  The books of the  righteous  and t...

Al-Muṭaffifīn  (المطففين, "The Defrauders") is the eighty-third surah of the  Qur'an . It has 36 verses Summary The primary theme of this surah is  Islamic eschatology  or the hereafter, and the  rhetoric  addresses the following subjects is the  discourse . The surah opens with a declaration of war and denunciation of those who use false weights and measures in the first six ayat. [...

The Cleaving in Sunder   [1]  ( الانفطار, al-infiṭār, also known as "The Cleaving" and "Bursting Apart") is the 82nd sura of the  Quran , with 19  ayat . The chapter is named 'Al-Infitar' because of the occurrence of the word 'unfatarat' in the first verse of this chapter. Infitar means 'split asunder': the word 'Unfatarat' is used in this chapte...

At-Takwīr  ( Arabic : التكوير, literally "The Turning Into a Sphere") is the eighty-first chapter ( sura ) of the  Qur'an , with 29 verses ( ayat ). It tells about signs of the coming of the day of judgement. Some of these signs include the following: (a) When the sun is covered in darkness (solar eclipse), (b) When the stars fall, (c) And when the mountains vanish (blown away), (d)...

ʻAbasa   (عبس, "He Frowned") is the 80th chapter of the  Qur'an , with 42 verses It is a  Meccan sura The Surah is so designated after the word `abasa with which it opens. [1] Summary 1-11  Muhammad rebuked for frowning on a poor blind Muslim 12-15  The Quran written in honourable, exalted, and pure volumes 16-23  Man cursed for turning aside from his Creator 24-32  It is God who pro...

An-Nāziʻāt  (النازعات, "Those Who Pull Out", in reference to "the angels who tear out the souls of the wicked") is the seventy-ninth sura of the  Qur'an , with 46  ayat . Its name derived from the word  wan-nazi‘at  with which it opens. The root (n-z-‘) roughly means "to yank out with great force", [2]  although it can also mean "to yearn for" or "t...

An-Naba'  or  The News  النبأ,  an-nabaʼ also known as "The Tidings", "The Announcement" is the  seventy-eighth chapter  of the  Quran , with forty verses Summary The first twenty verses discuss the wonders of the worldly creation (the earth, plants, the peace of night, the mountains and rain); the final twenty verses are about the eternal wonders and horrors of the next wo...

Al-Mursalāt  (المرسلات, "The Emissaries", "Winds Sent Forth") is the 77th chapter of the  Quran , with 50  verses The chapter takes its name from the word Al-Mursalāt in the first verse Summary 1-7  Oath by the messengers of God that the judgment-day is inevitable 8-15  Woe on that day to those who accuse Muhammad of imposture 16-19  In former times infidels were destroyed for...

Al-Insan  ("Human") (alternative names:  al-Dahr , "Endless time",  Hal Ata , "Has There Not come") is the 76th chapter of the  Quran , with 31 verses Recitation by Muhammad A  hadith  narrated by  Abu Hurayra  said that Muhammad used to recite  Al-Insan  together with  As-Sajdah  (chapter 32 of the Quran) for the early morning prayer ( fajr ) every Friday This report...