Quran Recitation - Hashem Nabil | تلاوة القرآن - هاشم نبيل

The Fig is a concise chapter of eight verses.  Its name comes from the first words of the first verse.  The majority of scholars agree that this chapter was revealed in Mecca and Mecca is mentioned in the chapter giving credence to this assumption.  Meccan chapters, especially the short chapters at the end of the Quran, usually focus on the basics of Islam particularly the nature of the Hereafter....

This is a short, eight-verse chapter revealed in Mecca; its title, The Opening Up or The Expansion is taken from the first verse.  It was revealed shortly after the previous chapter, The Forenoon and is a continuation of the reassurance and encouragement given there to Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him.  It gives us a glimpse of God’s love for Prophet Muhammad and ex...

This is a short chapter of eleven verses found towards the end of the Quran.  It was revealed in Mecca in the very early period of revelation and addressed to Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him.  God reassures him that he had not been forgotten even though there had been no revelation for some time.  The temporary lull in revelations caused Prophet Muhammad much grief...

Verses 1 – 3 Three oaths By the night when it descends and covers everything with darkness, and by the appearance of the bright and radiant day, and by He who created both the male and the female.  God begins this chapter with a series of three oaths.  God swears by both the day and the night and describes them eloquently.  The night falls and conceals everything but then the day, in its brightnes...

The Sun (Ash-Shams) is the ninety-first chapter in the one hundred and fourteen chapters of Quran.  Thus it is amongst the short chapters at the end of the Quran.  Here almost all the verses and chapters were revealed in Mecca, at the beginning of the prophethood of Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him.  In this early era the revelations were primarily concerned with the establ...

The subject matter of this 20-verse chapter indicates that it was revealed in Mecca.  At the time of its revelation, the disbelievers had convinced themselves it was acceptable to oppress and harass Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, and his followers, especially the weaker members of society.   Chapter 90 is named for the word in the first verse ‘al-balad’, the city...

Chapter 89 of the Quran is named Al-Fajr, The Dawn.  As with many chapters it takes its name from the first verse of the chapter.  It was revealed in Mecca at a time when the Muslims were being persecuted.  Al-Fajr has 30 verses.  It begins with God swearing an oath that the tyrants of Mecca will be dealt with like those of the past.  It then goes on to compare the destinies of the grateful and th...

This is a short chapter revealed in Mecca and found towards the end of the Quran.  It has twenty six verses; the first 7 serve as a warning to the disbelievers.  The dire warning is then contrasted by a description of the pleasures and delights the believers will attain in Paradise.  Next God asks us to consider the creation.   That is followed by Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of G...

Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, used to love this chapter of the Quran.  We know this from a chain of narration dating back to his friend, cousin and son-in-law, Ali ibn Abi Talib. [1]  Al A’la and the previous chapter At-Tariq were often recited together by Prophet Muhammad in the prayer on Fridays or the Islamic feast days [2] .   It is a short chapter of 19 ver...

This is one of the short chapters found at the end of the Quran.  Some of these chapters contain stern warnings to the reader.  Think.  Reflect.  Ponder.  Consider.  It was revealed in Mecca at a time when the disbelievers were doing everything in their power to defeat and disrupt the message brought by Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him.  The Night Visitor takes its...

The eighty-fifth chapter of the Quran is The Great Constellations.  The title is taken from the first verse and refers to God’s power over the entire universe.  It is God’s total power that is the recurring theme of this short chapter of 22 verses.  The Great Constellations was revealed in Mecca and following the pattern of most Meccan chapters it focuses on the essentials of faith and the importa...

This short twenty-five verse chapter is about the Resurrection and the Hereafter.  It was revealed in Mecca soon after the revelations began and before the persecution of the Muslims was commonplace.  The message of Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, was beginning to interest a lot of people and many were questioning the idea that the Resurrection would ever take pla...

This thirty-six verse chapter is towards the end of the Quran where the chapters are short and were predominantly revealed in Mecca.   At the beginning, when the Muslim community was small in number and suffered terribly at the hands of the Meccan elite, the chapters and verses served to strengthen the hearts and minds of the new Muslims.  Chapter 83 addresses the conditions in Mecca at the time. ...

This short chapter of nineteen verses was revealed in Mecca and it is named from the word in the first verse, infitarat, which means to split or cleave asunder.  Chapter 81 was revealed around the same time and both chapters are closely associated.  Their subject matter is similar and together they give a very clear vision of the Last Day.  Meccan chapters tend to focus on the basics of Islam pred...

The chapter was revealed in Mecca.  It emphasizes the fact that people will be confronted by their deeds on Judgement Day, asserts the truth of the Quran, and calls people to the right path.  It opens with a powerful description of events on that Day, and the title of the chapter is taken from this description. Verses 1-14 The reality of the Day of Resurrection These verses sketch a scene of great...

The chapter was revealed in Mecca.  While the Prophet was speaking to some pagan notables, hoping to convert them, a blind Muslim man came up to learn from him, but in his eagerness to attract them to Islam, the Prophet frowned at him.  The Prophet was reproached by God.  In the second section, there is condemnation of man’s ingratitude.  People become self-satisfied and forget their origin and fi...

Chapter 79 is titled The Extractors.  It is named from the Arabic word in the first verse, naziat.   This word is most often translated as angels, particularly the angels charged with extracting the souls from the dead.  The Extractors is one of the short chapters, only 46 verses, found towards the end of the Quran and was revealed in Mecca.  The Meccans of the time emphatically denied the Resurre...

The main division of the Quran is into chapters and verses, however it is also divided into 30 roughly equal parts.  Each part is known in Arabic as a juz .  Because each juz is not usually divided along chapter lines, each one is sometimes referred to by its first word.  The thirtieth part is known as juz amma, and it is named after the first word of its first chapter; chapter 78, The Great News....

This chapter sits in the middle of five chapters, all thought to have been revealed in Mecca, in the earliest days of revelation.  It is a fifty-verse chapter that takes its name from the first words of the first verse, ‘By the winds sent forth.’ It strings together a series of images from this life and from the Hereafter and punctuates them with a sharp admonition, ‘Woe on that Day to those who d...

This is a thirty-one verse chapter.  It is generally accepted that it was revealed in Mecca, however, there is some scholarly debate and many scholars believe that the chapter was revealed in Madina.  There are even suggestions that part of it was revealed in Medina whilst the majority was revealed in Mecca.  The theme of the chapter is to inform humankind of their true position in the world and s...

The Resurrection is a forty-verse chapter revealed in Mecca.  Most Meccan chapters deal exclusively with the fundamentals of faith, and this one concentrates particularly on the Day of Resurrection and humankind’s habit of denying its inevitability.   The name of the chapter is taken from the first verse, and it also describes the theme and subject matter.  It is believed to be one of the earliest...

There is much scholarly discussion about this chapter and the one before it, The One Wrapped in Garments.  This is a fifty-six verse chapter that begins by addressing Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, directly and goes on to remind the disbelievers of the consequences of their lack of faith.  The first seven verses are generally accepted to have been revealed in the...

This chapter of the Quran was revealed in Mecca with the exception, many scholars believe, of the lengthy final verse.   The subject matter of the first 19 verses indicates that it was revealed in the earliest part of the Prophet Muhammad’s mission while he was being prepared to shoulder the responsibilities of living and teaching others to live in the Islamic way.  Verse twenty is believed to hav...

This twenty eight verses chapter was revealed in Mecca.  Meccan chapters tend to concentrate on teaching the basics of Islam.  They focus on the Oneness of God and the consequences of ignoring the message.  The first 15 verses give an account of a discussion by a group of jinn after they heard a recitation of the Quran.  This chapter shows us how the Islamic faith appears to those from a different...

Verses 1-14  The call of Noah Noah is perhaps the first prophet after Adam.  The message that he gave to the corrupt people of those days has been put here in three words: worship, fear of God, and obedience to the Prophet, i.e.  worshipping only Him and renouncing all false deities, leading one’s life in the world with the fear of God in one’s heart, and considering the prophet of God an example...