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(Al-Lahab) ٱلْمَسَد al-Masad: The Plaited Rope, The Palm Fibre, The Twisted Strands: 5 (1/3) Makkah: 6: 3: v. 5 [6] Allah cursing Abu Lahab and his wife, who was Muhammad's uncle and at the time of the revelation of this verse, Muhammad's brother in law, due to his hostility towards Islam and Muhammad. [6] 112: Al-Ikhlas ...
The mushriks inquired about the identity of the Sleepers of the Cave, the real story of Khidr, and about Dhu al-Qarnayn. [18] The story of the Companions of the Cave (Arabic: أصحاب الکهف, romanized: 'aṣḥāb al-kahf) is referred to in Quran 18:9-26. [3] The precise number of the sleepers is not stated.
This cave was identified with the Qur'anic record due to the name of the nearby village, al-Rajib, which is etymologically similar to the word al-Raqīm mentioned in al-Kahf. Some also argue the site's correspondence with the Surat al-Kahf based on the finding of a dog's skull near the cave door. [12]
The 30 juz' (plural ajzāʼ) can be used to read through the entire Quran in a month. A juz' is sometimes further divided into two ḥizb (plural aḥzāb), and each hizb subdivided into four rubʻ al-ahzab. The Quran is also divided into seven approximately equal parts, manzil (plural manāzil), for it to be recited in a week. [16]
Al-Kahf (Arabic: الكهف, lit. 'the Cave') is the 18th chapter ( sūrah ) of the Qur'an with 110 verses ( āyāt ). Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation ( asbāb al-nuzūl ), it is an earlier Meccan surah , which means it was revealed before Muhammad's hijrah to Medina, instead of after.
The Qissat depicts the travels of Alexander whom it identifies with the figure named Dhu al-Qarnayn ("The Two Horned One") in Surah al-Kahf of the Quran, referred to as Dhulqarnayn in the text (in Arabic-language Alexander traditions, Alexander was variously called "Dhu l-Qarnayn", "al-Iskandar Dhūl-qarnayn", or sometimes just "Dhūlqarnayn" [4]).
Al-Khidr (/ ˈ x ɪ d ə r /, Arabic: ٱلْخَضِر, romanized: al-Khaḍir; also Romanized as al-Khadir, Khader, Khidr, Hidr, Khizr, Kezr, Kathir, Khazer, Khadr, Khedher, Khizir, Khizar, Khilr) is a figure not mentioned by name in the Quran. He is described in Surah Al-Kahf, as a righteous servant of God possessing great wisdom or mystic ...
Qari Mishary bin Rashid Alafasy (Arabic: مشاري بن راشد العفاسي) is a Kuwaiti qāriʾ (reciter of the Quran), imam, preacher, and nasheed artist. [1] [2] [3] He studied in the Islamic University of Madinah's College of Qur'an, specializing in the ten qira'at and tafsir. [4]