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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.
Making a Will Before Death
Teaches people to leave fair instructions for family and relatives before death, especially so rights are not ignored.
Who Deserves Financial Help First
Explains who should be helped with money first: parents, relatives, orphans, needy people, and travelers.
Divorce, Waiting Periods, and Fair Treatment
Gives rules for divorce, waiting periods, reconciliation, nursing children, dowry, and fair treatment between husband and wife.
Taking Care of Orphans and Their Property
Gives rules about protecting orphans' money, not taking what belongs to them, and warning against eating their wealth unfairly.
Inheritance Rules After Death
Gives shares for family members after someone dies, so inheritance is handled fairly instead of being controlled by greed or pressure.
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.
Stand for Justice Even Against Yourself
Commands people to stand firmly for justice, even if the truth goes against themselves, their parents, relatives, rich people, or poor people.
Ibrahim Questions Idol Worship
Tells how Ibrahim challenged idol worship by pointing to the star, moon, and sun, then showed that created things cannot be worshiped.
Allah's Clear Commands for Daily Life
Lists major commands: worship Allah alone, be kind to parents, do not kill children, avoid shameful acts, do not kill unfairly, protect orphan property, be fair in trade, speak justly, and follow Allah's straight path.
Loving Allah Above Family and Wealth
Tells believers not to take relatives as allies if they prefer disbelief, and warns those who love family, wealth, trade or homes more than Allah, His Messenger and striving in His cause.
No Forgiveness Prayers for Polytheists
Forbids asking forgiveness for polytheists once it is clear they are people of Hellfire, even relatives, and explains that Ibrahim only did so for his father because of a promise.
The Ship, the Flood, and Nuh's Son
Tells how Nuh built the ship while his people mocked him, then carried pairs of creatures, his family and the believers. His son refused to board and drowned, and the ship rested on al-Judi.
Yusuf's Brothers Plot Against Him
Tells how Yusuf's jealous brothers took him from their father, threw him into a well, and returned weeping with false blood on his shirt. Yaqub chose patience.
The Family Reunited and Yusuf's Dream Fulfilled
Tells how Yusuf welcomes his parents to Egypt and they bow before him, fulfilling his old dream. He thanks Allah and asks to die a Muslim and be joined with the righteous.
Ibrahim's Prayer for the Secure City
Tells of Ibrahim's prayers: to make the city secure, keep his sons from idols, provide for his descendants settled near the Sacred House, thanking Allah for Ismail and Ishaq, and asking forgiveness for his parents and believers.
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.
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.
Zakariyya Prays for a Son
Zakariyya, old and with a barren wife, quietly asks Allah for an heir. He is given the good news of Yahya, who grows up pure, God-fearing and dutiful to his parents.
Isa Speaks From the Cradle
Maryam brings her baby to her people, who accuse her. The infant Isa speaks, calling himself Allah's servant and prophet. The passage states that Allah does not take a son, and warns of the Day of Regret.
Ibrahim Gently Calls His Father
Ibrahim kindly urges his father to stop worshipping idols and obeying Satan. His father threatens to stone him, so Ibrahim leaves in peace, and Allah gives him Ishaq and Yaqub as prophets.
Ibrahim Breaks the Idols
Ibrahim challenges his people's idols, breaks all but the largest, and tells them to ask it. Shamed, they admit idols cannot speak, yet order him burned, but Allah makes the fire cool and safe.
Ibrahim Questions His People's Idols
Ibrahim asks his father and people whether their idols hear or help them. He describes his Lord who created, guides, feeds, cures, gives death and life, and forgives.
The Dua of Ibrahim
Ibrahim asks Allah for wisdom, good company, an honoured name, Paradise, and forgiveness for his father, on a Day when wealth and children help no one without a sound heart.
Believers Will Be Tested
People will be tested to show who is truthful. Believers must be good to parents but not obey them in shirk. Some believe only when things are easy, and disbelievers falsely promise to carry others' sins.
Luqman's Advice to His Son
Luqman tells his son not to associate partners with Allah, that Allah brings out every hidden deed, to pray, enjoin good, be patient, and walk and speak humbly. Allah commands kindness to parents but not obeying them in shirk.
The Tree of Zaqqum and Following Forefathers
Contrasts Paradise with the tree of Zaqqum in Hell, whose fruit wrongdoers must eat with scalding water. They rushed to follow their misguided fathers, as most earlier nations strayed despite their warners.
Ibrahim Breaks His People's Idols
Ibrahim questions his father and people about their idols, says he is about to be ill, then strikes the idols and asks why they worship what they carve. They plan to burn him, but Allah humiliates them.
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.
Ibrahim's Word and the Worth of Worldly Riches
Recalls Ibrahim rejecting his people's idols. The disbelievers call the Qur'an magic and ask why a great man did not receive it. Silver and gold houses are only worldly enjoyment; the Hereafter is for the righteous.
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.
Not Befriending the Enemies of Allah
Warns believers not to show secret affection to enemies who drove out the Prophet ﷺ and them. Gives Ibrahim and those with him as an example, including their prayer for trust and forgiveness.
Nuh's People Drowned and His Prayer
Tells how Nuh's people refused to leave their idols Wadd, Suwa', Yaghuth, Ya'uq, and Nasr, so they were drowned. Nuh prays against the disbelievers and asks forgiveness for himself, his parents, and the believers.
The Day a Man Flees His Family
Describes the Day of the deafening Blast when a person flees from his brother, parents, wife, and children. Some faces will shine with joy, while the faces of the disbelievers will be covered in dust.