Quran 8/10

Quran Chapter 59 - The Gathering of Forces - Those Who Oppose God, Be Mindful of Your Actions

A Medinan sura, the bulk of which is taken to refer to the Jewish clan of Banu al-Nadir, who originally agreed with the Prophet that they...

Quran Chapter 60 - The Examined One - Do Not Take Enemies of God as Allies, A Disbelieving Spouse

A Medinan sura, revealed between the Treaty of Hudaybiyya and the conquest of Mecca, which takes its title from verse 10: instructions...

Quran Chapter 61 - Solid Lines - God Does Not Guide Rebellious People, Believers Are God's Helpers

A Medinan sura encouraging the believers to stick together in support of God’s cause (hence the title of the sura, cf. verse 4). It...

Quran Chapter 62 - The Day of Congregation - God is the Best Provider of Sustenance

A Medinan sura which takes its title from the instruction to the believers to observe the Friday prayer promptly and reliably when called...

Quran Chapter 63 - The Hypocrites - Do not Let Wealth or Family Distract You From Remembering God

The Medinan sura warns believers about the treachery of the hypocrites and describes their behavior in some detail. A specific occasion...

Quran Chapter 64 - Mutual Neglect - Your Life, Wealth, and Family is Only a Test for You

The Medinan sura opens with a description of God’s power, wisdom, and knowledge (verses 1–4). The disbelievers are reminded of the end of...

Quran Chapter 65 - Divorce - Divorce Instructions, Commands and Waiting Periods

A Medinan sura that outlines regulations concerning divorce (verses 1–7). The sura strongly urges people to observe God’s regulations and...

Quran Chapter 66 - The Prohibition - Do Not Make Something Unlawful Which God Has Made Lawful

A Medinan sura that discusses episodes in the Prophet’s home life. It chides two of the Prophet’s wives for an incident when a confidence...

Quran Chapter 67 - The Supreme Power - Manifestations of the Power of God, God’s Promise

A Meccan sura that challenges the disbelievers with declarations of God’s total power over them, and everything else, in this world and...

Quran Chapter 68 - The Pen - Do Not Yield to the Evil Doers, Let God Deal with Disbelievers

An early Meccan sura that deals with the accusation that Muhammad was not God’s Messenger but merely mad (verses 2–6). The arrogance of...

Quran Chapter 69 - The Inevitable Hour - Glorify your Lord, the Almighty

A Meccan sura that describes punishment in this life (verses 4–12) and the next (verses 13–18). The bliss to be enjoyed by the believers...

Quran Chapter 70 - The Ways of Ascent - The Truth About The Hereafter, The Unbelievers’ Attitude

A Meccan sura that describes the Day of Judgement (verses 8–18). One of the opponents of the Prophet challenged him to hasten the...

Quran Chapter 71 - Noah - The Call of Noah, Noah Invokes God Against the Disbelievers

A Meccan sura giving further details of the life of Noah before the Flood, to encourage the Prophet and warn the disbelievers. In the...

Quran Chapter 72 - The Jinn - Some Jinn Accept Islam, The Jinn Cannot See the Unseen

This Meccan sura gives an account of what a group of jinn said when they overheard a recitation of the Quran and realized its truth...

Quran Chapter 73 - Enfolded - Trust in God’s plan

A sura that is part very early Meccan, part Medinan (verse 20). This verse describes how God relaxed the early regime of devotion first...

Quran Chapter 74 - Wrapped in His Cloak - The Disbeliever’s Foolish Attitude

After his first encounter with the Angel of Revelation in the Cave of Hira, the Prophet went home trembling and asked his wife to cover...

Quran Chapter 75 - The Resurrection - Prophet Muhammad + the Quran, Arrogant Rejection + God's Power

A Meccan sura, dealing with the Day of Resurrection and man’s denial of that Day. God’s power is convincingly described in several...

Quran Chapter 76 - Humankind - Qualities of Righteous People, Remember your Lord

A Medinan sura that speaks of how man is tested (verses 2–3) and what the results will be for the evildoers (verse 4) and for the...

Quran Chapter 77 - The Winds Sent Forth - An Oath, A Home for the Living and the Dead

A Meccan sura that describes the Day of Decision: its inevitability, arguments for its coming, and the events that will presage the...

Quran Chapter 78 - The Great News - A Question of Belief, Gifts for the Righteous

In this Meccan sura, it talks about how the disbelievers often asked incredulously about the Resurrection. This sura gives evidence of...

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