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Quran Chapter 7 [part 3] - The Heights - A Lesson to Learn, God sends Moses to Pharaoh

94 Whenever We sent a prophet to a town, We afflicted its [disbelieving] [a] people with suffering and hardships, so that they might...

Quran Chapter 7 [part 4] - The Heights - The Wrath of God

148 In his absence, Moses’ people took to worshipping a mere shape that made sounds like a cow– a calf made from their jewelry. Could...

Quran Chapter 7 [part 5] - The Heights - God Created Everything, Worship Him

189 It is He who created you all from one soul, and from it made its mate so that he might find comfort in her: when one [of them] lies...

Quran Chapter 8 [part 1] - The Spoils of War - God Establishes a Victory, Separates Good from Bad

The main part of this Medinan sura is a comment on the Battle of Badr (near Medina), the first battle fought between the Muslims and...

Quran Chapter 8 [part 2] - The Spoils of War - Lessons from Badr, Disbelievers and Believers

41 Know that one-fifth of your battle gains belongs to God and the Messenger, to close relatives and orphans, to the needy and travelers,...

Quran Chapter 9 [part 1] - Repentance - Treaties and Rules, Take Action to Not Empower Evil-doings

The Medinan sura opens by giving notice of the severance of the treaty with the idolaters because they had broken it. The bulk of the...

Quran Chapter 9 [part 2] - Repentance - Guidelines About Hypocrisy, Feeble Faith, and Carelessness.

38 Believers, why, when it is said to you, ‘Go and fight in God’s way,’ do you feel weighed down to the ground? Do you prefer this world...

Quran Chapter 9 [part 3] - Repentance - Underhandedness of the Hypocrites, Battle of Tabuk

73 Prophet, strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and be tough with them. Hell is their final home– an evil destination! ...

Quran Chapter 9 [part 4] - Repentance - God Alone Gives Life and Death, Be Mindful of God

111 God has purchased the persons and possessions of the believers in return for the Garden– they fight in God’s way: they kill and are...

Quran Chapter 10 [part 1] - Jonah - A Book of Wisdom, God Invites You to Paradise

A Meccan sura which takes its title from the reference to Jonah in verse 98. It stresses God’s power, the authenticity of the Quran, and...

Quran Chapter 10 [part 2] - Jonah - Who Will Believe?, Losers in the Hereafter, Guidance has Come

31 Say [Prophet], ‘Who provides for you from the sky and the earth? Who controls hearing and sight? Who brings forth the living from the...

Quran Chapter 10 [part 3] - Jonah - Consequence of Lying About God, Forced Conversion is Prohibited

68 They say, ‘God has children!’ May He be exalted! He is the Self-Sufficient One; everything in the heavens and the earth belongs to...

Quran Chapter 11 [part 1] - Hud - Message of God, Authenticity of the Quran, The Story of Noah

A Meccan sura named after the prophet Hud whose story is given in verses 50–60. It begins by announcing that the Prophet is sent both to...

Quran Chapter 11 [part 2] - Hud - The Story of Hud, Story of Salih, Story of Abraham

50 To the Ad, We sent their brother, Hud. He said, ‘My people, worship God. You have no god other than Him; you are only making up lies. ...

Quran Chapter 11 [part 3] - Hud - Story of Moses, Scenes from the Day of Resurrection

96 We also sent Moses, with Our signs and clear authority, 97 to Pharaoh and his supporters, but they followed Pharaoh’s orders, and...

Quran Chapter 12 [part 1] - Joseph - Dreams and Deception, The Failed Seduction, Joseph in Prison

A Meccan sura dealing primarily with the story of Joseph, but framed by a three-verse introduction about the Quran and a ten-verse...

Quran Chapter 12 [part 2] - Joseph - Joseph’s Innocence is Established, Dream Prediction Fulfilled

43 The king said, ‘I dreamed about seven fat cows being eaten by seven lean ones; seven green ears of corn and [seven] others withered....

Quran Chapter 12 [part 3] - Joseph - Joseph Reunited with His Family, Fulfillment of the Dream

77 [His brothers] said, ‘If he is a thief then his brother was a thief before him,’ but Joseph kept his secrets and did not reveal...

Quran Chapter 13 [part 1] - The Thunder - God Knows the Obvious and the Unseen, God’s Promise

A Medinan sura that takes its title from the thunder that praises God in verse 13. The sura is distinguished by its moving description of...

Quran Chapter 13 [part 2] - The Thunder - God is the One Who Guides, An Invitation

32 Many messengers before you [Muhammad] were mocked, but I granted respite to the disbelievers: in the end, I took them to task– how...

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