Central Theme and Relationship with the Preceding Sūrah Sūrah Tāriq, the previous sūrah ended on urging the Prophet (sws) to show patience and to wait for the decision of God. He was told that those w...
Central Theme and Relationship with the Preceding Sūrah This sūrah forms a pair with Sūrah A‘lā, the previous sūrah. There is no essential difference between the central themes of both sūrahs. Just as...
Central Theme, Relationship with the Preceding Sūrah and Analysis of the Discourse In Sūrah Balad, the previous sūrah, the leaders of the Quraysh were warned that when they came to inhabit Makkah, the...
Central Theme and Relationship with Preceding and Succeeding Sūrahs This sūrah along with the succeeding one: Alam Nashrah form a pair. In both these sūrahs, the Prophet (sws) is assured that he will...
Central Theme, Relationship with Previous Sūrah and Sequence of Discourse The central theme of this sūrah is to validate reward and punishment. The sūrah begins with a mention of the important places...
Central Theme and Relationship with Previous Sūrah This sūrah is the counterpart of Sūrah Qadr, the previous sūrah. The exaltedness of the Qur’ān is mentioned in it and it is explained that the reason...
Central Theme and Relationship with Previous Sūrah This sūrah is the counterpart of Sūrah Tīn, the previous sūrah. There is no basic difference between the central themes of both sūrahs. In the previo...
Central Theme, Relationship with Preceding Sūrah and Sequence in the Subject Matter In Sūrah Takāthur, the previous sūrah, those people are warned who waste all their lives in planning to amass wealth...
Subject Matter and its Sequence In this sūrah, man has been warned and rebuked for being ungrateful. He is informed that whatever he obtains in this world is through the means and resources which the...
Central Theme, Relationship with Preceding Sūrah and Sequence in the Subject Matter The Prophet (sws) has declared acquittal from the die-hard leaders of the disbelievers of the Quraysh in this sūrah....
It is explained in the exegesis of Sūrah Kāfirūn, the previous sūrah that the sūrah is a declaration of migration and acquittal and in fact a proclamation of war. Now, in Sūrah Nasr glad tidings are g...
Central Theme and Relationship with Preceding and Succeeding Sūrahs My mentor Imām Hamīd Uddin Farāhī has dealt so comprehensively and aptly with the central theme of this sūrah and its relationship w...
Subject Matter and Relationship with the Previous Sūrah In the introduction to Sūrah Ikhlās, the previous sūrah, we had explained that the belief of monotheism is the foundation of Islam. For this rea...
An Islamic State is an ideological state. It is founded on some principles and beliefs and not on race, tribe or family. All the Muslims believing in God and following God and His Messengers are equal...
Obedience in Islam In Islam obedience to God necessarily implies obedience to the Messenger. One cannot be obedient to God while being disobedient to the Messenger. Similarly, obedience to the Messeng...
You have invited me to deliver a speech 1 on the principles of interpreting the Holy Qur’ān. I will proceed with this topic by firstly summarizing briefly the different approaches that commentators be...
The rightly guided caliphs had two sources of guidance before them: the examples set by the Holy Prophet (sws) and the clear and unambiguous directives of the Holy Qur’ān and the Hadīth. These sources...
The heads for zakah spending have been enlisted in Surah Tawbah as under: إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَاتُ لِلْفُقَرَاء وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَالْعَامِلِينَ عَلَيْهَا وَالْمُؤَلَّفَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَفِي الرِّقَابِ وَا...
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الم ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لاَ رَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ الصَّلاةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ والَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِ...
Introduction This sūrah forms a pair with the preceding sūrah – Sūrah Burūj. Both have a striking similarity as both have a similar preamble and end on a similar end note. Central Theme The central th...
