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NameThe Surah is so designated after the word `abasa with which it opens.Period of RevelationThe commentators and traditionists are unanimous about the occasion of the revelation of this Surah. According to them, once some big chiefs of…

NameThe Surah takes its name from verse 4 in which the word hujurat has occurred.Period of RevelationTraditions show and the subject matter of the Surah also supports the same that this Surah is a collection of the…

NameThe Surah derives its name from the initial letter Qaf, thereby implying that it is the Surah which opens with the alphabetic letter Qaf.Period of RevelationThere is no authentic tradition to show as to when exactly this…

NameIn verse 10 of this Surah it has been enjoined that the women who emigrate to dar al-Islam (the Islamic State) and claim to be Muslims, should be examined hence the title Al-Mumtahinah. The word is pronounced both…

NameThe Surah takes its name from the word al-A`la in the very first verse.Period of RevelationThe subject matter shows that this too is one of the earliest Surahs to be revealed, and the words: “We shall enable…

NameThis Surah takes its name from the word (ar-Ra’ad) (thunder) that occurs in v. 13. It is merely the symbolic name of the Surah and does not in any way mean that the Surah deals…

NameThe Surah takes its name from the word al-ghishiyah in the first verse.Period of RevelationThe whole subject matter of the Surah indicates that this too is one of the earliest Surahs to be revealed; but this was…

NameThe Surah takes its name from v. 35 in which mention has been made of Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham). But it does not mean that it contains the life story of Prophet Abraham. The name is merely a…

NameIt is derived from the sentence idha nudiya-lis-salat-imin-yaum-il- Jumu’ati of verse 9. Although in this Surah injunctions about the Friday congregational Prayer also have been given, yet “Jumu’ah” is not the title of its subject-matter as a…

NameThe Surah is so designated after the word wal-fajr with which it opens.Period of RevelationIts contents show that it was revealed at the stage when persecution of the new converts to Islam had begun in Makkah. On…

NameThe Surah has been so named after the word al balad in the first verse.Period of RevelationIts subject matter and style resemble those of the earliest Surahs revealed at Makkah, but it contains a pointer which indicates…

NameThe Surah takes its name from the sentence Idha jaa kal-munafiquna of verse 1. This is the name of the Surah as well as the title of its subject matter, for in it a review has been…