Quranic Sciences

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...

I have been researching on the topic of I'jaz (or inimitability) of the Qur'an giving more attention to what is there in the Orientalists' books. The information that is available in these books is miniscule as compared with what is available in the ...

I have been researching on the topic of I'jaz (or ...

Name "Al-Jinn" is the name of this Surah as well as the title of its subject matter, for in it the event of the Jinn's hearing the Qur'an and returning to their people to preach Islam to them, has been related in detail. Period of Revelation Accordin...

Name "Al-Jinn" is the name of this Surah as well a...

Name This Surah takes its name An Nur from verse 35. Period of Revelation The consensus of opinion is that it was sent down after the Campaign against Bani al-Mustaliq and this is confirmed by vv. 11-20 that deal with the incident of the "Slander" wh...

Name This Surah takes its name An Nur from verse 3...

Sirat alladhina an‘amta ‘alayhim ghayri’l-maghdubi ‘alayhim wa lad-dallin”‌ {The path of those whom You have blessed””such as have not incurred Your wrath, nor are astray} After asking for guidance along the straight path, the one praying beseeches ...

Sirat alladhina an‘amta ‘alayhim ghayri’l-maghdubi...

“Ihdina’s-sirat al-mustaqim”‌ {Guide us on the Straight Path} The caravan of creation is constantly moving toward God, the Exalted: “Toward Him is the return”‌[1] and man is also endeavoring and moving: “You are laboring toward your Lord”‌[1] and in...

“Ihdina’s-sirat al-mustaqim”‌ {Guide us on the Str...

“Iyyaka na‘bud wa iyyaka nasta‘in”‌ {You {alone} do we worship and to You {alone} do we turn for help} “Iyyaka na‘bud”‌ means that “We are servants of You alone and not of others.”‌ This sentence has two dimensions: One is the affirmation of servit...

“Iyyaka na‘bud wa iyyaka nasta‘in”‌ {You {alone} d...

“Maliki yawmi’d-din”‌ {Master of the Day of Retribution} God is the Master of the Day of Retribution. He is both the Master {malik} and the Sovereign {malik}. The universe is an estate {milk} under His possession {malikiyyah} as well as a dominion {...

“Maliki yawmi’d-din”‌ {Master of the Day of Retrib...

Ar-rahmani’r-rahim”‌ {the All-beneficent, the All-merciful} Translating these two terms into Persian as “bakhshandeh-ye mehraban”‌ is not a perfect and expressive translation because according to ‘Allamah Shahid Mutahhari, “bakhshandeh-ye mehraban”‌...

Ar-rahmani’r-rahim”‌ {the All-beneficent, the All-...

The word “Allah”‌ Some people have regarded the word “Allah”‌ to be derived from “اَلِهَ”‌ “aliha”‌ meaning “عَبَدَ”‌ “‘abada”‌. By “Allah”‌ they mean the Real Worshipped Being who has all the perfections. Others, however, have regarded it to have b...

The word “Allah”‌ Some people have regarded the w...