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Quran Chapter 99 - The Earthquake - The Earth Will Bear Witness on the Day of Judgement

A Medinan sura, one of a series of suras that deal with scenes from the Day of Judgement. Compare Suras 81, 82, 101, and others. In the...

An early Meccan sura in which God swears by the warhorses He has subjected to man’s use [a] that man is ungrateful and misguided. In the...

A Meccan sura which gives some scenes from the Resurrection and Judgement In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy 1 The...

This Meccan sura criticizes man’s preoccupation with worldly wealth and stresses that he will be brought to account on the Day of...

A Meccan sura showing the way to salvation. The image of a declining day suggests the stage in the day, or in life, when only a short...

A Meccan sura that condemns the greedy backbiter and gives a description of Hell. In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of...

This sura is a reference to events that happened in 570 ce, the year of the Prophet’s birth, when the army of Abraha (a Christian ruler...

This Meccan sura connects grammatically with the previous one’s account of how God defeated the threat to Mecca posed by Abraha, so...

A Meccan sura describing some characteristics of a person who denies the Judgement. In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of...

When the Prophet lost his last son, an opponent who hated him taunted him with being ‘cut off’ without posterity. This Meccan sura comes...

Some of the Meccan idolaters suggested to the Prophet as a compromise that he should worship their gods for a year and they should...

A Medinan sura said to be one of the last revelations the Prophet received before his death. In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the...

This sura refers to an uncle of the Prophet who opposed him fiercely, as did his wife. He insulted the Prophet with ‘Tabbak yadak’ (‘may...

This sura is unusual in having as its title a term not mentioned in the body of the sura. Ikhlas conveys the meaning of sincerity in...

A Meccan sura used as an invocation against evil. In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy 1 Say [Prophet], ‘I seek...

Another Meccan sura commonly used as an invocation against evil. In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy 1 Say, ‘I seek...

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