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Bifolium from the Nurse's Qur'an (Mushaf al-Hadina) with fragment of the Surah Al-An'am. Kairouan, Zirid dynasty, 1020. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Al-An'am [1] (Arabic: ٱلْأَنْعَامْ, al-ʾanʿām; meaning: The Cattle) [2] is the sixth chapter of the Quran, with 165 verses ().
In the Arabian Peninsula before the advent of Islam in the 7th century CE, Arabs, like other people, attributed the qualities and the faults of humans to animals. Virility, for example, was attributed to the cock; perfidy to the monkey; stupidity to the lizard; and boldness to the elephant.
Maarif al-Quran (Urdu: معارف القرآن) is an 8-volume interpretation of the Quran written between 1941 and 1982. It was initiated by Idris Kandhlawi and completed by his pupil Malik Kandhlawi. Its purpose was to counter the influence of Western-oriented exegesis trends in South Asia.
A juzʼ (Arabic: جُزْءْ; pl.: أَجْزَاءْ, ajzāʼ; [1] lit. ' part ') is one of thirty parts of varying lengths into which the Quran is divided. [2] [3] It is also known as parah (Persian: پَارَه) in Iran and subsequently the Indian subcontinent.
The prominent Khutba-i-Tafsir-i-Bayan al Quran by the author occupies a very pivotal place in all editions, because in this ‘Khutba’ Thanwi has discussed the causes for compiling this Tafsir. He Says: "I used to ponder about the compilation of a precise exegesis of Quran which can touch the important aspects and dimensions of society ...
Al-Bayan Fi Tafsir al-Quran (The Elucidation of the Exegesis of The Qur'an and sometimes entitled The Prolegomena to the Quran) is a tafsir by the Shiite scholar Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei. [1] The book has been cited by Sunni scholars.
The Bee [1] [2] (Arabic: الْنَّحْل; [3] an-naḥl) is the 16th chapter of the Qur'an, with 128 verses ().It is named after honey bees mentioned in verse 68, and contains a comparison of the industry and adaptability of honey bees with the industry of man.
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