Section IV: Verses (34-47) Readers may look up verse 8 earlier. It was stated there that the adversaries made fun of Muhammad (sws): how could he be God’s messenger when he was a human being? He also...
Theme and Relationship with the Previous Surah This surah forms a pair with Surah Taha, the previous surah. It begins on the same note on which the last surah ended. In the closing verses of Surah Tah...
Section V: Verses (42-57) Verse 41 has the status of an explanatory verse that occurs as a parenthetical sentence. The previous discourse now resumes. By citing the history of the previous prophets an...
Section III: Verses (25-37) The debate on monotheism and polytheism reaches its climax in this section. The reason that the Quraysh and their allies had taken to severe animosity was that they fully u...
Theme and Time of Revelation This surah is among the last of the Makkan ones revealed when Muslims were being forced to migrate to other areas as a result of persecution by the Quraysh. The time of th...
Section IV: Verses (51-67) In the succeeding verses, it is explained that God gave the same religion to all the messengers but their nations split it up. Now each of them is engrossed with what it has...
Central Theme and Relationship with the Previous Surah This surah is the counterpart of the previous one: Surah al-Hajj. It begins with the topic on which the last surah ended. The closing verses of S...
Section V: Verses (35-40) Coming up in this surah are verses which shine like the radiant sun. They cast their shadow on all its constituents. The parable of belief and disbelief is mentioned in them....
Section II: Verses (11-26) In these verses, while referring to the mischief worked by the hypocrites in the incident of ifk, certain weaknesses which manifested themselves in a group of Muslims are po...
Placement, Theme and Relationship with the Previous Surah This is the last surah of the third chapter. It was revealed in Madinah. It does not have a counterpart and is like a supplement and appendix...
Section IV: Verses (45-62) In the previous verses, the Prophet (sws) has been assured in the light of historical anecdotes. In the succeeding verses, attention is directed to signs found in the physic...
A Brief Review of Surahs of the Fourth Chapter The fourth chapter of the Qur’an begins with Surah al-Furqan. Eight surahs of this chapter are Makkan. They are: al-Furqan, al-Shu‘ara’, al-Naml, al-Qasa...
Section VII: Verses (160-175) In this section, the anecdote of prophet Lot (sws) is mentioned. Prophets Hud (sws) and Salih warned their nations about their over-indulgence in feats of construction. L...
Section IV: Verses (105-122) In this section, the anecdote of Noah is covered. His message to his nation, their rejection and as a consequence encountering punishment are mentioned. The section ends o...
Theme and Relationship with the Previous Surah This surah is the counterpart of Surah al-Furqan that precedes it. For this reason, there is no basic difference between the theme of both. It affirms th...
Verses (45-58) In the previous verses, the accounts of the Pharaoh’s rebelliousness, Solomon’s gratitude and uprightness of the queen of Saba are narrated. It has also been shown what fate arrogance m...
Theme and Relationship with the Previous Surah In the previous surah, it was explained that the Qur’an was neither the work of a poet nor that of a soothsayer; in fact, it had been revealed by the Alm...
Verses (62-75) In the succeeding verses, a refutation of polytheism and idols is made. If anyone thinks that in the Hereafter his alleged associates and intercessors will be of benefit to him, he must...
Verses (47-61) It is evident from the above verses which are addressed to the Prophet (sws) that just as the Almighty sent Moses (sws) to the Pharaoh and his people as a messenger, in a similar way, H...
Explanation طٰسٓمّ . تِلْكَ اٰيٰتُ الْكِتٰبِ الْمُبِيْنِ . ( 1-2 ) 1 The isolated letters have been discussed earlier in this exegesis. The fact that the expression الۡکِتٰبِ الۡمُبِیۡنِ has in it the...
