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How Life on Earth Began for People
Tells the story of Adam's creation, the angels being told about humans, Iblis refusing to obey, Adam making a mistake, and Allah giving people guidance for life on earth.
Why Allah Sent the Messenger
Tells people that the Messenger teaches them Allah's words, helps them grow, and teaches them what they did not know. People are told to remember Allah and be thankful.
Talut, Jalut, and the Test of Courage
Tells how Bani Israel asked for a king, were tested under Talut, faced Jalut, and how Dawud defeated Jalut by Allah's permission.
Allah's Complete Power and Knowledge
Describes Allah as the Ever-Living, the One who never sleeps, owns everything, knows everything, and protects the heavens and the earth.
Clear Verses, Unclear Verses, and Asking for Firm Hearts
Introduces Aal-Imran by explaining that Allah sent the Book. Some verses are clear, some need deeper understanding, and sincere people ask Allah to keep their hearts steady.
Allah's Oneness and People Who Reject Signs
States that Allah is One and just. It warns against rejecting Allah's signs and harming those who call to justice.
Thinking About Creation and Staying Patient
Encourages people to think about the sky and earth, remember Allah, pray for forgiveness, and stay patient, steady, and united.
Obeying the Messenger and Not Spreading Fear
Teaches that obeying the Messenger ﷺ is obedience to Allah, and warns people not to spread every scary rumor without checking it properly.
Only Allah Controls Senses, Knowledge, and the Unseen
Reminds people that Allah can take away hearing, sight, and hearts. The Prophet ﷺ is told to say he does not control Allah's treasures or know the unseen by himself.
Blaming Allah for Bad Choices
Responds to people who blame Allah for their false worship. They are asked to bring real proof instead of hiding behind excuses.
The Person Who Knew the Signs but Followed Desire
Describes someone who knew Allah's signs but followed desire instead. His example is compared to a dog that keeps panting, showing what happens when knowledge is abandoned.
The Final Hour Is Known Only to Allah
People ask when the Final Hour will come. The Prophet is told that only Allah knows its time, and he does not control benefit or harm by himself.
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.
Guidance and Healing for Hearts
Calls the Qur'an an instruction, a healing for hearts, guidance and mercy, rebukes those who make Allah's provision lawful or unlawful on their own, and says Allah witnesses every deed.
A Book of Perfected Verses
Introduces a Book of perfected, detailed verses calling people to worship Allah alone and repent, promising good provision, and reminds that Allah knows what people hide.
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.
Yusuf Is Sold in Egypt
Tells how travelers found Yusuf in the well and sold him for a few coins. A man from Egypt bought him, and Allah gave him judgement and knowledge when he grew up.
The King's Dream of Seven Cows
Tells how the king's advisers could not explain his dream of seven fat and seven lean cows. Yusuf explained it as seven good years, seven hard years, then a year of rain, and advised storing grain.
Yusuf Is Put in Charge of the Storehouses
Opens with the words that the soul urges evil except where Allah shows mercy. The king then trusts Yusuf, who asks to guard the land's storehouses, and Allah establishes him there.
The Challenge of the Qur'an and Demands for Miracles
Says knowledge of the soul belongs to Allah. Humans and jinn together could never produce the like of the Qur'an, yet disbelievers demand springs, gardens and climbing into the sky before believing a human messenger.
Those With Knowledge Fall Weeping in Prostration
Says the Qur'an came down in truth and in stages. Those given knowledge fall weeping in prostration when it is recited, and all are told to call on Allah by His best names and praise Him.
The Sleepers Awaken and Are Discovered
Describes the youths sleeping with their dog as the sun passes them by. They awaken, send one to buy food carefully, and are discovered so people know the Hour is certain. Allah knows their number best.
Saying If Allah Wills
Teaches never to say one will do something tomorrow without adding "If Allah wills," and to remember Allah when forgetting. States the youths stayed 309 years, while Allah knows best.
Musa Sets Out to Meet a Knowledgeable Servant
Tells how Musa travels with his young servant to the meeting of two seas, loses their fish, and finds a servant given special knowledge by Allah, who lets Musa follow if he asks nothing until it is explained.
The Damaged Ship and the Boy
Tells how the servant makes a hole in a ship and later kills a boy. Musa objects both times, and the servant reminds him he said Musa could not be patient with him.
The Righteous Servant Explains His Actions
Musa questions the servant a third time after he repairs a wall for an unwelcoming town, so they part. The servant then explains the ship, the boy and the wall, saying he did not act on his own.
The Day the Mountains Are Blown Away
Warns those who turn from the Qur'an of the Day the Horn is blown, mountains are flattened and all voices hushed before Allah. The Prophet ﷺ is told not to rush the Qur'an and to ask for more knowledge.
Gifts Given to Dawud and Sulayman
Dawud and Sulayman judge a case about a field, with Sulayman given understanding. The mountains and birds glorify Allah with Dawud, who is taught to make armour, and the wind and devils serve Sulayman.
The Hour and the Proof of Resurrection
Warns of the terror of the Hour. For those who doubt resurrection, it points to how Allah forms a person in the womb and revives dead earth with rain, proving He will raise the dead.
Sulayman and the Valley of the Ants
Allah gives Dawud and Sulayman knowledge. Sulayman understands birds, leads jinn, men and birds, hears an ant warn the others, smiles, and asks Allah to help him be grateful.
The Queen of Sheba Submits to Allah
The queen consults her chiefs and sends a gift, which Sulayman refuses. Her throne is brought to him, and he thanks Allah. Seeing his glass palace, she admits her wrong and submits to Allah.
Qarun and His Treasures
Qarun of Musa's people boasts that his wealth came from his own knowledge. Some wish for his riches, but the knowledgeable say Allah's reward is better. The earth swallows him and his home.
The Spider's Weak House and the Power of Prayer
Those who take protectors other than Allah are like a spider building the weakest house. The Prophet ﷺ is told to recite the Book and pray, since prayer stops immorality and remembering Allah is greater.
Among His Signs
Lists Allah's signs: humans made from dust, spouses with love and mercy, varied languages and colours, sleep, lightning and rain, and the heavens standing by His command until He calls everyone forth.
Allah's Endless Words and Knowledge of the Unseen
Even all trees as pens and seas as ink could not exhaust Allah's words. He controls night, day, sun and moon. Warns of a Day no parent helps a child; only Allah knows the Hour, rain, wombs and death.
Allah's Knowledge and Deniers of the Hour
Praises Allah, who knows everything in the heavens and earth. Answers disbelievers who deny the Hour and mock the idea of being created anew, and reminds them that Allah could make the earth swallow them.
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.
Remembering Allah Only in Hardship
Describes man calling on Allah in hardship, then forgetting Him in ease. Asks whether one who prays at night equals others, and whether those who know equal those who do not; the patient get reward without limit.
Claiming Daughters for Allah and Following Forefathers
Criticises those who say Allah has daughters while they grieve at having a daughter themselves, and who call the angels female. Rejects their excuse of blindly following their forefathers, like earlier nations who were punished.
Al-Lat, Al-Uzza and Manat Are Only Names
Says the idols al-Lat, al-Uzza and Manat are only names with no authority, and rejects calling angels female. Allah rewards good and evil, forgives slight faults of those avoiding major sins, and forbids claiming to be pure.
The First and the Last
Says everything in the heavens and earth glorifies Allah, the First and the Last. He created them in six days, knows everything that enters and leaves the earth, and is with people wherever they are.
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.
A Messenger Sent to the Unlettered
Tells that Allah sent a Messenger from among the unlettered people to recite His verses, purify them, and teach them the Book and wisdom, as a favor He gives to whom He wills.
Carrying the Torah Without Following It
Compares those entrusted with the Torah who did not follow it to a donkey carrying books. Challenges Jews who claim to be Allah's allies to wish for death, and reminds that death will meet everyone.
Do Not Hurry to Recite the Qur'an
Tells the Prophet ﷺ not to move his tongue quickly to memorize the revelation, because Allah will gather it in his heart, recite it, and explain it to him.
Recite in the Name of Your Lord
Commands reciting in the name of the Lord who created man and taught by the pen. Warns the arrogant man who stops a servant from praying, and says not to obey him but to prostrate and draw near.