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Al-Ma'idah (Arabic: ٱلْمَائدَة, romanized: al-Māʾidah; lit. 'The Table [Spread with Food]') is the fifth chapter of the Quran , containing 120 verses . Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation, it is a Medinan chapter , which means it is believed to have been revealed in Medina rather than Mecca .
Al-Mujādilah (Arabic: المجادلة, She who disputed [1] or "She Who Disputes, The Pleading Woman") is the 58th chapter of the Qur'an with 22 verses . Revealed in Medina , the chapter first addresses the legality of pre-Islamic method of divorce called zihar .
The genre of these surahs has been described as prophylactic incantations, meant to ward off evil, and to be recited in a private as opposed to a public domain. [6] One stylistic feature of the Al-Mu'awwidhatayn, shared only in Surah 1 and Surah 109 elsewhere in the Quran, is the use of the first-person human voice throughout the entire surah. [7]
Al-Suyuti (d.1505) named the chapter “Sūrah of the Beds,” (sūrat al-maḍājiʿ) after a mention of those who "shun [their] beds" in order to worship God at night . [ 4 ] [ 8 ] Other names of the chapter include the choice of Al-Qurtubi (d.1274): Alif Lam Mim Tanzil (" Alif, Lam, Mim , The Revelation") after the first words from verses 1 ...
31-32 God will punish the unbelievers; 33-34 Idolaters are reprobate; 35 Paradise is described; 36 Certain Jews acknowledge Muhammad to be a prophet; 36-37 Muhammad exhorted to make no compromise with idolatry; 38 Wives and children no hindrance to the prophetic office; 39 God is lord of his own book; 40 Muhammad is a preacher only
Al-Suyuti narrates that a man from humanity and a man from the jinn met. Whereupon, as means of reward for defeating the jinn in a wrestling match, the jinn teaches a Quranic verses that if recited, no devil (šayṭān) will enter the man's house with him, which is the "Throne Verse".
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.
Al-Isra, Ayahs of 78 and 79 on top of Nimavard madrasa's entrance tilling, Isfahan, Iran. This surah takes its name from the first verse which, in Islamic tradition , tells the event of the Isra , the transportation of Muhammad during the night from the Great Mosque of Mecca to what is referred to as "the farthest Mosque"."