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[11] [12] [13] The verse is regarded as one of the most powerful in the Quran because when it is recited, the greatness of God is believed to be confirmed. The person who recites this ayat morning and evening will be under protection of God from the evil of the jinn and the shayatin (devils); this is also known as the daily adkhar .
According to most scholars of the Islamic tradition, the chapter is a Medinan surah, i.e. it was revealed during the Medinan phase of Muhammad's prophethood. Some commentators say that verse 24 was an exception and was revealed in Mecca, and others say that verses 23–31 were revealed in Mecca.
The Isma'ili jurist al-Qadi al-Nu'man (d. 974) writes that the Sunni scholar Hasan al-Basri (d. 728) had once reported on the authority of the early exegete ibn Abbas (d. c. 687) that Muhammad considered Ali, Fatima, and their sons as the al-qurba in this verse. Later, al-Nu'man continues, al-Basri reinterpreted the verse differently to mean ...
For example, sources based on some archaeological data give the construction date of Masjid al-Haram, an architectural work mentioned 16 times in the Quran, as 78 AH [75] an additional finding that sheds light on the evolutionary history of the Quran mentioned, [74] which is known to continue even during the time of Hajjaj, [76] [77] in a ...
A 16th-century Quran opened to show sura (chapter) 2, ayat (verses) 1–4. An āyah ( Arabic : آية , Arabic pronunciation: [ʔaː.ja] ; plural: آيات ʾāyāt ) is a "verse" in the Qur'an , one of the statements of varying length that make up the chapters ( surah ) of the Qur'an and are marked by a number.
‘Ilm (Arabic: علم "knowledge") is the Arabic term for knowledge.In the Islamic context, 'ilm typically refers to religious knowledge. In the Quran, the term "ilm" signifies God's own knowledge, which encompasses both the manifest and hidden aspects of existence.
Most Qur'an commentators, including al-Tabari (d. 923), al-Zamakhshari (d. 1143/44), and al-Razi (d. 1209), regard Allah to be a proper name. [60] While other names of God in Islam denote attributes or adjectives, the term Allah specifically refers to his essence as his real name ( ism'alam li-dhatih ). [ 60 ]
Al-ʻAlaq (Arabic: العلق, al-ʻalaq, also known as "The Clinging Clot" or "The Embryo" [1]) is the 96th chapter of the Qur'an. It is composed of 19 āyāt or verses. It is sometimes also known as Sūrat Iqrā (سورة إقرا, "Read"). Chapter 96 of the Qur'an is traditionally believed to have been Muhammad's first revelation.