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Bani Israel Are Reminded About Their Promise
Reminds Bani Israel about the blessings Allah gave them and the promise they had to follow His message instead of hiding or rejecting the truth.
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.
Patience During Hard Times
Teaches people to seek help through patience and prayer. It talks about fear, hunger, loss, and death, and gives comfort to people who stay strong and remember Allah.
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.
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.
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.
Learning From Past Nations and Hard Tests
Tells people to look at what happened to earlier nations, stay strong during hardship, and understand that tests reveal who is truly patient.
Staying Firm Even If the Messenger Leaves This World
Reminds believers that messengers passed away before. People should stay firm in faith even during shock, fear, or loss.
False Claims and the Test of Life
Mentions false claims about Allah, rejection of messengers, the reality of death, and how people will be tested through wealth, loss, and criticism.
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.
The Prophet ﷺ Is Comforted When People Reject Him
Comforts the Prophet ﷺ by reminding him that earlier messengers were also rejected, and that Allah knows what people are doing.
The Magicians Face Musa
Firawn's people call Musa a magician. The magicians challenge Musa, but when they see the truth, they believe in Allah even when Firawn threatens them.
Firawn Threatens Bani Israel Again
Firawn's leaders complain that Musa will cause change. Firawn threatens more cruelty, while Musa tells Bani Israel to seek help from Allah and stay patient.
Bani Israel Are Saved from Oppression
Allah saves Bani Israel from Firawn and gives them land after years of suffering. They are reminded how badly Firawn treated them before Allah rescued them.
Standing Firm When Facing the Enemy
Tells believers to stand firm, remember Allah, obey, stay united and be patient in battle, and warns against showing off. Shaytan encourages the disbelievers, then abandons them.
Steadfast Believers and the Captives of War
Encourages the believers that a steadfast few can overcome many, then lightens the command. It corrects the desire for worldly gain over captives and gives the captives hope of forgiveness.
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.
The Allies of Allah
Promises that the allies of Allah will have no fear or grief, comforts the Prophet ﷺ, and rejects the claim that Allah has taken a son.
The Prophet Declares His Worship of Allah Alone
The Prophet ﷺ declares he worships Allah alone, who alone removes harm and gives good. Each person is guided or strays for their own soul, and he is told to be patient.
Allah Provides for All and Tests Mankind
Says Allah provides for every creature and created the heavens and earth to test who does best. People despair when blessings are taken and boast when they return, except the patient.
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.
Stay on the Right Course and Pray
Tells the Prophet ﷺ and the believers to stay on the right course, not incline to wrongdoers, pray at the two ends of the day and at night, and be patient. Good deeds remove bad ones.
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 Women of the City and Yusuf's Prayer
Tells how the city women gossiped, then cut their hands in amazement at Yusuf. Threatened with prison, he told Allah that prison was dearer to him than what they invited him to, and he was imprisoned.
Yaqub's Grief and Beautiful Patience
Tells how Yaqub, grieving for Yusuf until his eyes turn white, chooses patience, complains only to Allah, and sends his sons to search, telling them never to despair of Allah's relief.
Yusuf Reveals Himself and Forgives
Tells how Yusuf reveals who he is and forgives his brothers. His shirt is cast over his father's face and he sees again, and the brothers ask their father to seek forgiveness for them.
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.
Past Nations Threaten Their Messengers
Recalls the people of Nuh, Aad, Thamud and others who doubted their messengers and threatened to expel them. The messengers trusted Allah, the wrongdoers were destroyed, and the stubborn tyrant faces Hell.
Comfort and Instructions for the Prophet
Tells the Prophet ﷺ he was given the seven often-repeated verses and the Qur'an, not to look longingly at disbelievers' enjoyment, to be gentle with believers, declare the message, and worship Allah until death comes.
Reward for Those Who Emigrated for Allah
Promises a good home in this world and a greater reward in the Hereafter to those who emigrated after being wronged. Says earlier messengers were men, and the Qur'an was sent to explain.
Justice, Kindness and Keeping Promises
Commands justice, good conduct and giving to relatives, and forbids immorality and oppression. Tells believers to keep oaths and not use them to deceive, and promises a good life to righteous men and women.
Those Forced to Deny and Those Who Choose Disbelief
Excuses one forced to renounce faith while his heart stays firm, but warns those who willingly choose disbelief. Promises forgiveness to those who emigrated, strove and were patient after being tested.
Inviting With Wisdom and Staying Patient
Tells the Prophet ﷺ to invite to Allah's way with wisdom and good advice and argue in the best way. Any retaliation must be equal, but patience is better, and Allah is with the good.
Stay With Those Who Call on Their Lord
Tells the Prophet ﷺ to recite the Book and stay patiently with those who call on their Lord morning and evening, not chasing worldly adornment. Describes the Fire for wrongdoers and the Gardens for believers.
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.
Be Patient and Keep Up the Prayer
Tells the Prophet ﷺ to be patient, glorify Allah at set times, not envy others' worldly enjoyment, and urge his family to pray. Those demanding a sign are told to wait and see who is guided.
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.
Repel Evil With What Is Best
Teaches the Prophet ﷺ to ask not to be placed among the wrongdoers, to respond to evil with what is best, and to seek refuge in Allah from the whispers and presence of devils.
Too Late to Go Back
At death the disbeliever begs to return and do good, but it is too late. When the Horn is blown, deeds are weighed. The people of Hell plead, and are reminded how they mocked the patient believers.
The Blaze and the Garden of Eternity
Those who deny the Hour will be thrown into a roaring Blaze, while the righteous have the Garden of Eternity. False gods will disown their worshippers, and every earlier messenger also ate food and walked in markets.
The Magicians Believe in the Lord of Musa
The magicians throw their ropes and staffs, but Musa's staff swallows them. They fall in prostration and believe, and stay firm when Firawn threatens to cut off their limbs and crucify them.
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.
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.
Every Soul Will Taste Death
Those who hasten punishment will meet Hell covering them from above and below. Believers are told Allah's earth is spacious, every soul will die, and patient, trusting believers will have high chambers in Paradise.
From Weakness to Strength and Back
Allah creates people weak, then strong, then weak and grey. On the Day of Resurrection criminals will think they stayed only an hour. The Prophet ﷺ is told to be patient, for Allah's promise is true.
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.
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.
Musa's Scripture and the Day of Decision
Musa received the Scripture as guidance for Bani Israel, and patient leaders came from them. Destroyed generations and rain on barren land are signs; disbelievers who ask when the Day of Conquest comes are warned.
Ibrahim's Dream of Sacrificing His Son
Ibrahim prays for a righteous child and is given a forbearing son. Seeing in a dream that he must sacrifice him, both submit, but Allah ransoms the son with a great sacrifice. Ishaq is also promised.
Victory Is Promised to the Messengers
Disbelievers once wished for a message, then rejected it. Allah promises victory to His messengers and soldiers, tells the Prophet ﷺ to leave the deniers for a while, and ends with peace on the messengers.
Dawud Judges Two Disputants
The Prophet ﷺ is told to be patient and remember Dawud, with whom mountains and birds praised Allah. Two adversaries arguing over ewes test his judgment; he seeks forgiveness and is told to judge with truth, not desire.
Ayyub's Patience in Hardship
Ayyub calls to his Lord that Satan has touched him with hardship. He is given a spring to bathe and drink from, his family and as many more, and is praised as patient and always turning to Allah.
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.
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.
Those Who Dispute Allah's Signs
Those who deny the Book will be dragged in chains into boiling water and Fire, where their false gods abandon them. The Prophet ﷺ is told to be patient, as messengers before him brought signs only by Allah's permission.
Steadfastness and Repelling Evil With Good
Angels reassure those who say "Our Lord is Allah" and stay steadfast. None speaks better than one who calls to Allah; repel evil with what is better, turning enemies into friends, and seek refuge from Satan.
Provision, Rain and Ships as Signs
Explains that Allah gives provision in measure so people do not become tyrants, sends rain after despair, and makes ships sail. Disasters come from what people earn, yet Allah pardons much.
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.
Jinn Listen to the Qur'an
Tells how a group of jinn listened to the Qur'an and returned to warn their people to believe. Reminds that Allah can raise the dead, and tells the Prophet ﷺ to be patient like the determined messengers.
Good Manners With the Prophet
Tells believers not to put themselves before Allah and His Messenger, nor raise their voices above the Prophet's ﷺ. Says those who call him from outside his rooms should wait patiently for him.
Be Patient and Glorify Your Lord
Recalls destroyed generations and says Allah created the heavens and earth in six days without tiring. Tells the Prophet ﷺ to be patient, glorify Allah morning and night, and remind with the Qur'an before the Day of Emergence.
Patience and Praise Through Day and Night
Says the stubborn would dismiss even a piece of the sky falling as clouds, so leave them to their Day. Tells the Prophet ﷺ to be patient, being in Allah's sight, and glorify Him morning and night.
Be Patient, Not Like the Man of the Fish
Tells the Prophet ﷺ to leave the deniers to Allah and be patient, unlike the companion of the fish, whom Allah's favor rescued and chose. Mentions disbelievers who glare at him and call him mad.
A Day Fifty Thousand Years Long
A questioner asks about a punishment no one can prevent, coming on a Day of fifty thousand years. The criminal will wish to ransom himself with his family, but the Fire calls those who turned away and hoarded wealth.
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.
Patience With the Deniers and Firawn's Example
Tells the Prophet ﷺ to be patient with what the deniers say. Warns of shackles and fire on the Day the mountains crumble, recalling how Firawn disobeyed his messenger and was seized.
Arise and Warn
Commands the one wrapped in a cloak to rise and warn, glorify his Lord, purify his clothing, avoid uncleanliness, give without seeking more, and be patient. Describes the hard Day of the trumpet.
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.
Rewards of the Righteous in Paradise
Describes Paradise: shaded couches without heat or cold, low-hanging fruit, silver cups, a drink mixed with ginger from the spring Salsabil, green silk garments, and a pure drink from their Lord.
Be Patient and Remember Your Lord
Tells the Prophet ﷺ that the Qur'an was revealed in stages, so be patient, do not obey sinners, and remember Allah morning, evening, and at night. No one wills except by Allah's will.
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.
With Hardship Comes Ease
Reminds the Prophet ﷺ that Allah opened his chest, removed his burden, and raised his name. Promises that with hardship comes ease, and tells him to turn to his Lord in worship after finishing work.
Mankind Is in Loss Except
Swears by time that all people are in loss, except those who believe, do good deeds, and advise each other to truth and patience.