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What Guided People Are Like
Describes the habits and beliefs of people who follow Allah's guidance. They trust what Allah tells them, pray, help others, believe in His books, and believe life continues after death.
Promises People Made but Did Not Keep
Lists the promises given to Bani Israel: worship Allah, be kind to parents, help relatives, orphans, and poor people, speak kindly, pray, and give charity. Then it shows how those promises were broken.
How Believers Should Speak and Behave
Teaches believers to choose their words carefully, stay patient when others are unfair, keep praying, give charity, forgive, and respond with better behavior.
What True Goodness Really Means
Explains that goodness is more than facing a direction in prayer. It includes belief, charity, prayer, keeping promises, patience, and helping people in need.
Fighting Oppression Without Crossing Limits
Gives rules for fighting when Muslims are attacked. It teaches self-defense, limits, avoiding aggression, spending for Allah's cause, and not throwing oneself into destruction.
Who Deserves Financial Help First
Explains who should be helped with money first: parents, relatives, orphans, needy people, and travelers.
Alcohol, Gambling, and Caring for Orphans
Explains that alcohol and gambling have some benefit but their harm is greater. It also teaches people to treat orphans responsibly and fairly.
Life, Death, and Giving for Allah
Mentions people who fled death but still faced Allah's decision. It also encourages people to give generously for Allah's cause.
Giving Before the Final Day Comes
Reminds people to give from what Allah has provided before a Day comes when money, friendship, and bargaining will not help anyone.
Charity and How to Give Properly
Explains the reward of giving, the danger of showing off, the harm of reminding people about favors, and the value of giving quietly and sincerely.
Interest, Trade, and Fair Money Dealings
Explains the difference between trade and interest, warns against unfair financial gain, and reminds people that they will return to Allah.
Giving What You Love
Teaches that people do not reach true goodness until they give from what they love, and Allah knows whatever they give.
Avoiding Interest and Rushing to Forgiveness
Warns against interest, tells people to obey Allah and the Messenger ﷺ, and describes people who seek forgiveness after making mistakes.
Being Good to People Around You
Lists the people who deserve kindness: parents, relatives, orphans, poor people, close neighbors, far neighbors, companions, travelers, and those under one's care.
Private Talks Should Lead to Good
Explains that most secret talks are useless unless they encourage charity, goodness, or making peace between people.
Spoils of War and Qualities of True Believers
Begins Surah Al-Anfal. Questions about war gains are answered, and true believers are described as people whose hearts respond to Allah, who pray, give, and trust Him.
Treaties, Preparing Strength, and Choosing Peace
Deals with those who keep breaking treaties, tells believers to prepare their strength and to accept peace when the enemy inclines to it, and reminds them that Allah united their hearts.
Who Truly Maintains the Mosques of Allah
Says the mosques of Allah are maintained only by those who believe, pray and give zakah. Giving water to pilgrims is not equal to faith and striving, which earn Paradise.
The Hypocrites' Resentment and Rejected Spending
Describes hypocrites who are upset by the believers' good and pleased by their hardship. Believers trust what Allah decrees, while the hypocrites' grudging spending and lazy prayer are not accepted.
Who May Receive Zakah
Criticises those who complain about how charity is shared, then lists who zakah is for: the poor, the needy, its workers, bringing hearts together, freeing captives, debtors, Allah's cause and travelers.
Broken Promises and False Oaths
Tells of hypocrites who spoke disbelief and swore otherwise, and of those who promised charity if enriched but became stingy. Even seventy requests for forgiveness would not help them.
The Bedouins and the First Forerunners
Compares bedouins who see spending as a loss with those who spend to draw near to Allah, praises the first Emigrants and Helpers, and warns of hidden hypocrites around Madinah.
Those Who Admit Their Sins
Speaks of people who confess mixing good and bad deeds. The Prophet ﷺ is told to take charity from their wealth to purify them and pray for them, as Allah accepts repentance.
Reward for Every Hardship and Seeking Knowledge
Says every thirst, tiredness, hunger, spending and step taken in Allah's cause is recorded as a good deed, and that a group should stay back to learn the religion and teach others.
Qualities of the People of Understanding
Describes those who keep Allah's covenant, keep ties, are patient, pray, give in secret and in public, and repel evil with good, promising them Gardens, while covenant-breakers who spread corruption are cursed.
Allah's Countless Blessings and Those Who Deny Them
Warns those who traded Allah's favour for disbelief and led their people to Hell. Tells believers to pray and give, and lists Allah's blessings of rain, fruit, ships, sun, moon, night and day, too many to count.
Worship Allah Alone and Honour Your Parents
Commands worshipping Allah alone and kindness to parents, even a sigh of annoyance forbidden in their old age. Tells people to give relatives, the poor and travellers their right, without wasting or being stingy.
Permission to Fight Those Who Wronged Them
Allah permits believers who were attacked and driven from their homes for saying "Our Lord is Allah" to fight. He defends places of worship, and those He empowers keep prayer, give zakah and enjoin good.
The Fly Parable and the Call to Worship
False gods could not create even a fly or recover what it steals. Believers are told to bow, prostrate, worship and strive, following the religion of Ibrahim, keeping prayer, giving zakah and holding fast to Allah.
Qualities of the Successful Believers
Describes the believers who succeed: humble in prayer, avoiding idle talk, giving zakah, guarding their chastity, keeping trusts and promises, and guarding their prayers. They will inherit Paradise forever.
Those Who Race to Good Deeds
Praises those who fear their Lord, avoid shirk, and give while fearing their return to Him; they race to good. No soul is burdened beyond capacity. The arrogant who turned away will cry for help too late.
Pardon Others and the Fate of Slanderers
Warns against following Satan. Those with means should not swear to stop helping relatives, the poor and emigrants, but pardon, as they want Allah to forgive them. Those who slander chaste believing women are cursed.
The Light of Allah and the Darkness of Disbelief
Allah is the Light of the heavens and earth, like a shining lamp. In mosques, men not distracted by trade remember Him, pray and give. Disbelievers' deeds are like a mirage or layers of darkness.
The Promise of Authority and Security
Allah promises believers who do good that He will give them authority on earth, establish their religion and replace fear with security, if they worship Him alone. They are told to pray, give zakah and obey the Messenger.
Qualities of the Servants of the Most Merciful
Describes Allah's true servants: humble and peaceful in speech, praying at night, moderate in spending, avoiding shirk, killing and adultery, repenting, and asking for righteous families. Their reward is Paradise.
A Book of Guidance for the Believers
The Qur'an is guidance and good news for believers who pray, give zakah and are certain of the Hereafter. Those who deny the Hereafter wander blindly and will be the greatest losers.
People of the Scripture Who Believe
Some who received earlier Scripture believe in the Qur'an. They get double reward for patience, repel evil with good, spend, and turn from ill speech. Only Allah guides whom He wills.
Give to Relatives and the Needy, Not for Interest
People call on Allah in hardship, but some associate others with Him once relieved. They are told to give relatives, the needy and travellers their right; giving for interest does not grow with Allah, but zakah does.
The Wise Book and Those Who Mock It
The Book guides those who pray, give zakah and believe in the Hereafter. Some buy idle talk to mislead and mock Allah's way. Allah's creation is shown, and others are challenged to show what they created.
Those Who Rise From Their Beds to Pray
Criminals will beg to return and do good, but it is too late. True believers prostrate, leave their beds to call on Allah in fear and hope, and spend. The believer and the disobedient are not equal.
Guidance for the Prophet's Wives and Believers' Qualities
Promises the Prophet's wives double reward for obedience and guides them on speech, staying home, prayer and zakah. Then lists the qualities of believing men and women whom Allah will forgive and reward.
Wealth and Children Do Not Bring Nearness
Tells how the wealthy always rejected warners, boasting of their wealth and children. Says Allah gives and holds back provision as He wills, only faith and good deeds bring nearness, and what is spent for Him is replaced.
Colors in Creation and Those Who Truly Fear Allah
Points to the different colors of fruits, mountains, people and animals, and says those with knowledge truly fear Allah. Those who recite His Book, pray and spend can expect a reward that never perishes.
Turning Away Until the Horn Is Blown
Disbelievers turn away from every sign and mock the call to spend on others. They ask when the promise will come; one blast will seize them, the Horn will be blown, and all will rise.
A Detailed Arabic Qur'an
The Qur'an is detailed in Arabic as good news and warning, but most turn away. The Prophet ﷺ says he is a man like them, told that their God is One, and warns polytheists who withhold zakah.
Qualities of Those Who Rely on Allah
Describes believers who rely on Allah, avoid major sins, forgive when angry, pray, decide matters by consultation, and spend. They may answer wrongs fairly, but patience and forgiveness are praised as the better way.
Obey and Spend in Allah's Cause
Tells believers to obey Allah and the Messenger and not ruin their deeds, and not to weaken or call for peace while superior. Warns that whoever holds back from spending only harms himself.
Submission Versus True Faith
Tells the bedouins to say "we have submitted" since faith has not yet entered their hearts. True believers do not doubt and strive with wealth and lives, and guidance to faith is Allah's favor, not theirs.
Night Prayer and the Right of the Needy
Describes the righteous in gardens who slept little at night, sought forgiveness before dawn and gave the needy their right. Points to signs on earth and within people, and says provision and the promise are true.
Believe and Spend From What You Inherit
Calls people to believe and to spend from what Allah has entrusted to them. Those who spent and fought before the conquest rank higher than later ones, though all are promised good. Invites a goodly loan to Allah.
Is It Not Time for Hearts to Soften?
Asks whether it is time for believers' hearts to humble at Allah's remembrance, unlike earlier Scripture people whose hearts hardened. Promises multiplied reward to men and women who give charity.
Manners in Gatherings and Meeting the Prophet
Tells believers to make room in gatherings and rise when asked, since Allah raises believers and people of knowledge. Asks them to give charity before private talks with the Prophet ﷺ, then eases this.
Sharing the Property Given to the Messenger
Explains who receives property gained without battle: relatives, orphans, the needy, travelers, the poor emigrants, and those of Madinah who welcomed them generously. Commands taking what the Messenger gives.
The Signs and Words of the Hypocrites
Describes hypocrites who swear the Prophet ﷺ is Allah's Messenger while lying, hide behind oaths, refuse his prayer for forgiveness, and urge people to stop spending on his companions.
Spend Before Death Comes
Warns believers not to let wealth and children distract them from remembering Allah. Tells them to spend before death arrives and they beg for more time, which Allah will not give.
Trials in Family and Wealth
Teaches that no disaster happens without Allah's permission. Warns that some spouses and children can be enemies, calls for forgiveness, and urges believers to obey, spend, and give Allah a good loan.
The Owners of the Garden
Tells of garden owners who planned to harvest early without making any exception and keep out the poor. Their garden was destroyed overnight, and they admitted their wrongdoing and turned to their Lord.
Qualities of Those Who Pray
Tells that humans are anxious, impatient in hardship and stingy in good times, except those who pray. Lists their qualities: charity, belief in the Judgment, chastity, keeping trusts, honest testimony, and guarding prayer.
Allah Makes Night Prayer Easier
Allah knows that the Prophet ﷺ and some believers pray much of the night, and eases it: recite what is easy, since some are sick, traveling, or fighting. Commands prayer, zakah, good loans, and seeking forgiveness.
Feeding the Needy for Allah's Sake
Tells that man was created to be tested and shown the way, grateful or not. The righteous keep vows and feed the needy, orphans, and captives only for Allah, so He protects and rewards them.
Honor Is Not in Wealth
Explains that people think wealth means honor and poverty means humiliation, but both are tests. Criticizes not honoring orphans, not urging feeding the poor, devouring inheritance, and loving wealth intensely.
The Difficult Uphill Path
Swears by Makkah that man is created into hardship. Explains the steep path: freeing a slave, feeding an orphan relative or needy person in hunger, believing, and urging patience and compassion.
Giving Leads to Ease
Contrasts the one who gives, fears Allah, and believes in the best reward, who is eased toward ease, with the stingy denier. The Fire is avoided by one who gives only for Allah's face.
The Clear Proof and the Best of Creatures
Tells that the People of the Scripture and polytheists needed a clear proof, a Messenger reciting pure pages. They were commanded to worship Allah sincerely, pray, and give zakah; believers who do good are the best creatures.