Surah Mumtahanah is the 60th surah of the Quran. It contains 13 verses and was revealed in Medina. The surah is named after the word mumtahanah, which appears in verse 4. This word means “tested” or “tried”, and refers to the women who were tested by Allah. In this surah, Allah tests the believers by…
This is the second Surah of the Quran and it was revealed in Makkah. It has 286 verses and it is named after the word ash-shu‘ara’ in the first verse. This word means ‘the poets’. In this Surah, Allah criticizes the disbelievers who ask the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) to hasten the punishment that has been…
The great Scholar, Saint, Jurist and author, Imam ibn-Faikihani (radi Allahu anhu) says that there was once a pious man called Sheikh Moosa Zareer (radi Allahu anhu). He embarked on a voyage by ship. Due to a heavy storm, the ship started sinking. All the passengers on board started crying and clamouring, but Sheikh Moosa…
Al-Ahzab (Arabic: الأحزاب) means the confederates, group of Families, and the combined forces. This surah is the 33rd surah of Quran with 73 verses is The sūrah takes its name from the mention of the confederates (al-aḥzāb), or confederates (an people of the tribe among the Quresh and other tribes), who fought the Muslims at the Battle of the Trench,…
The surah starts with the words “In the Name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful”. It is eighty-two verses long and is one of the Meccan surahs, meaning it was revealed in Mecca as opposed to Medina. The surah is named after verse thirty-eight, which mentions the story of the Prophet Muhammad being…
The term “al-‘Ankabut” (spider) is derived from an allegory given in Sura forty-one verses. This sura talks about God’s oneness, symbols of God in formation, and combating idolatry. It provides accounts concerning the destiny of certain past prophets to comfort the few Believers at the start of Islam (a). Sura al-‘Ankabut discusses the beauty of…