56 results for “surah”
Clear filter...n. Then he too withdrew. What happened next is recorded in Surah al-Fil (Chapter 105): Allah sent flocks of birds (Ababeel) ...
...mah — demonstrating through his life the Quranic promise of Surah ad-Duha: "Did He not find you an orphan and give you refuge...
... of prophetic succession that the Prophet ﷺ would complete. Surah al-Sharh (94:1-3) references this divine expansion: "Did We...
...ctly: "Did He not find you an orphan and give you refuge?" (Surah ad-Duha, 93:6). The Arabic yateem encompasses the entire co...
... embraced him three times, and revealed the first verses of Surah al-Alaq — the beginning of the twenty-three-year period of ...
...s. On the third release, Jibril recited the first verses of Surah al-Alaq (96:1-5): "Read in the name of your Lord who create...
...me trembling and asked Khadijah to cover him. The verses of Surah al-Muddaththir (Chapter 74) were then revealed: "O you who ...
Surah al-Fatiha — the Opening — holds a unique place in the Quran...
... divine command to "declare openly what you are commanded" (Surah al-Hijr, 15:94) eventually ended this secret period and ina...
...at you are commanded, and turn away from the polytheists." (Surah al-Hijr, 15:94) With this command, the period of careful se...
...cept one who is forced while his heart is secure in faith" (Surah al-Nahl, 16:106), establishing that verbal statements made ...
...e Islamic position on Jesus. He then recited the opening of Surah Maryam. The Negus and his bishops wept. He refused to retur...
.... Umar arrived at his sister's house to find them reciting Surah Ta-Ha with the companion Khabbab ibn al-Aratt. He struck Sa...
...mic position on Jesus ibn Maryam. He recited the opening of Surah Maryam. The Negus and his bishops wept. The Negus drew a li...
...his uncle until forbidden. The verse revealed in response — Surah al-Qasas 28:56 — spoke directly: 'You do not guide whom you...
...er, listened, and accepted Islam — an encounter recorded in Surah al-Ahqaf and Surah al-Jinn. The Year of Sorrow concluded wi...
...d, following the Year of Sorrow. The Quran references it in Surah al-Isra' (17:1): 'Glorified is He who took His servant by n...
...The Prophet ﷺ walked out past them, reciting the opening of Surah Ya-Sin — 'And We have covered them so that they do not see'...
...ourteen days. The most recorded encounter on route was with Suraqa ibn Malik, a skilled tracker who pursued them and whose h...
...e first mosque founded in Islam. The Quran references it in Surah al-Tawbah (9:108): 'A mosque founded on piety from the firs...
...by the two-unit prayer replacing dhuhr — was established in Surah al-Jumu'ah (62:9): 'O you who believe, when the call to pra...
...t to one of the highest moral categories in Islamic ethics. Surah al-Hashr (59:9) describes the Ansar as those who 'find in t...
Surah al-Baqarah — the Cow — is the longest surah in the Quran (2...
... be pleased. So turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Haram.' (Surah al-Baqarah, 2:144). The Prophet ﷺ turned mid-prayer; the co...
...g the month of Ramadan was revealed in Sha'ban 2 AH through Surah al-Baqarah (2:183-187). The opening verse establishes it wi...
...ally. The Quran specifies eight categories of recipients in Surah al-Tawbah (9:60): the poor, the needy, those employed to ad...
Ayat al-Kursi — verse 255 of Surah al-Baqarah — is identified by the Prophet ﷺ himself as the ...
...eased after teaching ten Muslim children to read and write. Surah al-Anfal, revealed in the aftermath, frames the battle as a...
...Utbah ibn Abi Lahab, she was freed from that betrothal when Surah al-Masad was revealed condemning Abu Lahab — whose son Utba...
...lated in revenge — an act the Prophet ﷺ found devastating. Surah Al Imran (3:121-175) is the Quranic account of Uhud — among...
... mutilation of seventy Qurayshi dead, but the revelation of Surah al-Nahl (16:126) descended commanding restraint: 'If you pu...
... The Quran commended those who marched to Hamra al-Asad in Surah Al Imran (3:172-174): 'Those who responded to Allah and the...
...es, stored grain, weapons — passed to the Muslim community. Surah al-Hashr (59) is the Quran's direct commentary on the expul...
...liberately graduated four-stage Quranic process. Stage one (Surah al-Baqarah 2:219) reframed wine in terms of sin and benefit...
...hed the Prophet ﷺ through Zayd ibn Arqam. The revelation of Surah al-Munafiqun (63) confirmed the hypocrisy, condemned the st...
... lifted, he was smiling: 'Allah has declared you innocent.' Surah al-Nur (24:11-20) was revealed — clearing Aishah by name, c...
...across the Medinan period, with the three primary verses in Surah al-Ahzab and Surah al-Nur establishing a comprehensive fram...
...Abu Sufyan ordered withdrawal and the coalition dissolved. Surah al-Ahzab (33:9-27) is the Quranic account of the battle. It...
...n Medina would again break its covenant with the Prophet ﷺ. Surah al-Ahzab (33:26-27) is the Quranic account, describing the ...
...hters — a force made possible by two years of free growth. Surah al-Fath (48) was revealed in the aftermath of Hudaybiyyah, ...
...ct divine honors extended to any group in the entire Quran. Surah al-Fath (48:18): 'Allah was pleased with the believers when...
...rs and kinship, the prohibition of the unlawful. He recited Surah Maryam. The Negus wept and refused to hand over the Muslims...
...l conversion. The Umrah al-Qadiyyah fulfilled the vision of Surah al-Fath (48:27): 'You will surely enter al-Masjid al-Haram,...
... ﷺ entered Mecca bowing his head low in gratitude, reciting Surah al-Fath. Bilal called the adhan from the roof of the Kaaba ...
... Ansar wept. Hunayn's theological significance — encoded in Surah al-Tawbah's direct rebuke of the pride of numbers — is that...
... hadith literature. When the forgiveness came — recorded in Surah al-Tawbah (9:118) — it was with the language of divine merc...
...f Allah, or from Allah?' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'From Allah.' Surah al-Tawbah (9:118) recorded it: 'Until the earth was confini...
...ose who had warred against Allah and His Messenger before' (Surah al-Tawbah 9:107). The reference was to Abu Amir al-Rahib, a...
...of faith, and sent teachers with those who accepted Islam. Surah al-Nasr — revealed in this period — named what was happenin...
...ilgrims. Shortly after his departure, the opening verses of Surah al-Tawbah were revealed: a declaration that dissolved the r...
...When Jafar ibn Abi Talib spoke before his court and recited Surah Maryam, the Negus wept and drew a small line on the ground:...
...a ibn Abi Lahab, a son of Abu Lahab, before the Hijra. When Surah al-Masad was revealed condemning Abu Lahab by name, Abu Lah...
...vor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion.' (Surah al-Ma'idah 5:3). Abu Bakr wept upon hearing it — the perfec...
Surah al-Ma'idah 5:3 contains one of the most theologically signi...
...smission and contextual argument. The most widely cited are Surah al-Ma'idah 5:3 — the Ikmal verse, revealed at Arafat during...
...hipped Allah — Allah is alive and does not die.' He recited Surah Al Imran 3:144: 'Muhammad is no more than a messenger; the ...