Tone of the Sūrah and its Relationship with the Previous one This sūrah is the addendum and supplement of the preceding sūrah: Sūrah Fath. The last verse of the previous sūrah mentions with reference...
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وَاللاَّتِي يَأْتِينَ الْفَاحِشَةَ مِن نِّسَآئِكُمْ فَاسْتَشْهِدُواْ عَلَيْهِنَّ أَرْبَعةً مِّنكُمْ فَإِن شَهِدُواْ فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّ فِي الْبُيُوتِ حَتَّىَ يَتَوَفَّاهُنَّ الْمَ...
Central Theme and Relationship with the Previous Sūrah This is the third sūrah of this group. In both the previous sūrahs – Qāf and Dhāriyāt – intellectual and historical arguments as well as those fr...
Central Theme and Relationship with Previous Sūrah This sūrah is the counterpart of Sūrah Tūr, the previous sūrah . The central theme of both sūrahs is the same: substantiation of reward and punishmen...
Central Theme and Relationship with the Previous Sūrahs This sūrah begins with the topic the previous sūrah ended on. The previous sūrah ends on the words: أَزِفَتْ الْآزِفَةُ ( ٥٣ : ٥٧ ) (what is nea...
Sūrah Nisā’ (1-14) بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُواْ رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالاً كَثِيرًا وَنِسَاء وَا...
Central Theme and Relationship with the Previous Sūrahs This is the seventh sūrah of this group and on it ends its Makkan sūrahs . It summarizes the whole discussion regarding reward and punishment me...
Tone of the Sūrah and its Relationship with the Previous one Some people have regarded this sūrah to be Madīnan. However, in my opinion, not a single verse of it appears to be Madīnan much less the wh...
Central Theme and Relationship with the Previous Sūrah The previous sūrah ended on the answer to the objection raised by the People of the Book against jihād. The reason for giving this answer was tha...
Central Theme and relationship with the Previous Sūrah I have already indicated in the tafsīr of Sūrah Talāq, the previous sūrah, that both these sūrahs respectively teach us that in situations of bot...
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Central Theme and relationship with the Preceding Sūrah There is no basic difference between the central theme of Sūrah Saff and Sūrah Jumu‘ah. Only the style and arguments of both are different. The...
Central Theme and Relationship with the Previous Sūrah This sūrah is the counterpart of Sūrah Hāqqah, the previous sūrah. There is no basic difference in the central themes of the two: warning people...
Section Two 1 This is the sūrah of the ṣalāh for the ummah which has practically adhered to it by reciting it in every offering of ṣalāh. The ummah has also transmitted the knowledge regarding the s...
Central Theme and relationship with the Preceding Sūrah The previous sūrah ended on the warning that the love of wealth and children should not make people indifferent to the remembrance and rights of...
1. َالْمَعْرُوف (ma‘rūf) The word ma‘rūf in the Qur’ān has two meanings: 1. The good and the equitable. 2. The norms and customs of a society. For example, it is said in the Qur’ān that Muslims enjoin...
Let us consider the internal coherence in the sūrah. Before taking up that, however, I would like to uncover some of the facts implied in this sūrah, the full extent of which none other than God can f...
وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفْسٍ أَنْ تَمُوتَ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِ الله كِتَابًا مُّؤَجَّلاً وَمَن يُرِدْ ثَوَابَ الدُّنْيَا نُؤْتِهِ مِنْهَا وَمَن يُرِدْ ثَوَابَ الآخِرَةِ نُؤْتِهِ مِنْهَا وَسَنَجْزِي الشَّاكِرِينَ (...
1 The coherence in this sūrah is like a multifaceted gem. It can be studied in many distinct aspects. I shall take upon explaining all the facets of coherence in the sūrah one by one. The First Aspect...
Central Theme and relationship with the Preceding Sūrah This sūrah is a supplement to Sūrah Jumu‘ah, the previous sūrah at the end of which the weakness found in certain people was unveiled. These peo...
