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Faith, Accountability, and Allah's Mercy

Ends Al-Baqarah with belief in Allah, His angels, books, and messengers. It also includes a prayer asking Allah for forgiveness, mercy, and help.

DuaAfterlife & JudgmentMessengers & ProphethoodAngelsRepentanceObedienceFaith (Iman)

58

Warning / Character3:10–17Juz 3 · 8 verses

What Truly Helps People Before Allah

Explains that wealth and children will not save people from Allah. It also describes patient, truthful, obedient, generous people who ask for forgiveness.

ChildrenDuaAfterlife & JudgmentRepentanceRejecting the TruthPatienceHonesty & TrustWealth & GreedFighting & BattleBattle of BadrFirawnDetachment from the World

188

Story7:19–25Juz 8 · 7 verses

Adam and Hawwa Are Tested

Tells how Adam and Hawwa were placed in the garden, Iblis tricked them, they realized their mistake, and life on earth began with guidance and struggle.

WomenModesty & ChastityDuaShaytan & IblisRepentanceLife & DeathAdam

207

Story7:148–153Juz 9 · 6 verses

Bani Israel Worship the Calf

While Musa is away, some of Bani Israel worship a calf. Musa returns angry, questions Harun, and the people who regret their mistake are shown Allah's mercy.

DuaIdolatry & ShirkRepentanceBani IsraelMusaHarun

252

Guidance9:102–106Juz 11 · 5 verses

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.

PurificationDuaRepentanceForgivenessCharity & ZakatProphet Muhammad ﷺ

281

Story / Dua11:45–49Juz 12 · 5 verses

Nuh Asks About His Son

Nuh asks Allah about his son, and Allah tells him the son was not of his family because his deeds were not righteous. Nuh seeks forgiveness and disembarks in peace.

ChildrenFamilyDuaRepentancePatienceNuhKnowledge

405

Story / Dua21:83–88Juz 17 · 6 verses

Ayyub, Yunus and Other Patient Prophets

Ayyub calls on Allah in his suffering and is healed and given back his family. Ismail, Idris and Dhul-Kifl are praised as patient. Yunus calls out from the darkness and is saved from distress.

DuaRepentancePatienceIsmailAyyubYunusIdrisDhul-Kifl

450

Character / Guidance25:63–77Juz 19 · 15 verses

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.

FamilyModesty & ChastityPrayerDuaAfterlife & JudgmentRepentanceSpeech & MannersCharity & Zakat

480

Story28:14–21Juz 20 · 8 verses

Musa Kills a Man and Flees the City

Musa strikes and kills a man in a fight, calls it Satan's work and asks Allah's forgiveness, which is given. When the leaders plan to kill him, he leaves the city in fear.

DuaShaytan & IblisRepentanceForgivenessCrime & PunishmentMusa

512

Afterlife / Worship32:12–22Juz 21 · 11 verses

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.

PrayerDuaAfterlife & JudgmentJinnRepentancePride & ArroganceCharity & Zakat

566

Story38:30–40Juz 23 · 11 verses Scholars differ

Sulayman's Trial and His Kingdom

Sulayman admits that fine horses kept him from remembering his Lord until sunset. Tried with a body placed on his throne, he asks forgiveness and a unique kingdom, and is given the wind and jinn workers.

DuaRemembrance of AllahJinnRepentanceTrials & HardshipDawudSulayman

583

Dua40:7–9Juz 24 · 3 verses

The Angels Pray for the Believers

The angels who carry the Throne glorify Allah and ask Him to forgive those who repent, protect them from Hell, and admit them to Paradise with the righteous among their forefathers, spouses and children.

FamilyDuaAfterlife & JudgmentAngelsRepentance

584

Afterlife / Guidance40:10–14Juz 24 · 5 verses

Regret in Hell and Sincere Prayer

Disbelievers in Hell admit their sins and ask for a way out, but are reminded they disbelieved whenever Allah alone was called upon. Believers are told to call on Allah sincerely.

DuaIdolatry & ShirkAfterlife & JudgmentRepentanceSincerity & Showing Off

590

Guidance / Comfort40:53–60Juz 24 · 8 verses

Be Patient and Call Upon Allah

Recalls that Musa was given guidance and the Children of Israel the Scripture. The Prophet ﷺ is told to be patient, seek forgiveness and glorify Allah, and Allah says: call upon Me and I will respond.

DuaRemembrance of AllahRepentancePatiencePride & ArroganceBani IsraelProphet Muhammad ﷺMusa

604

Afterlife / Reminder42:17–26Juz 25 · 10 verses

Seeking the Harvest of the Hereafter

Says the Hour may be near: believers fear it while deniers mock it. Whoever seeks the Hereafter gets more reward, while seekers of this world alone get no share there. Allah accepts repentance and answers believers.

DuaThe Qur'an & RevelationIdolatry & ShirkAfterlife & JudgmentRepentanceProphet Muhammad ﷺDetachment from the World

627

Family / Lesson46:13–20Juz 26 · 8 verses

The Grateful Child and the Rebellious Child

Commands kindness to parents, recalling the mother's hardship in pregnancy and birth, and teaches the dua of one who reaches forty. Contrasts him with a son who says "Uff" to his parents and denies the resurrection.

WomenChildrenParentsFamilyDuaAfterlife & JudgmentRepentanceGratitude

707

Warning / Afterlife66:6–9Juz 28 · 4 verses

Protect Your Families From the Fire

Tells believers to protect themselves and their families from a Fire guarded by stern angels. Calls them to sincere repentance, describes their light on that Day, and commands striving against disbelievers and hypocrites.

FamilyDuaAfterlife & JudgmentAngelsRepentanceHypocrites