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A 2000 Dinar/2 Qiran coin of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar era. The qiran (Persian: قران; also Romanized kran) was a currency of Iran between 1825 and 1932. It was subdivided into 20 shahi or 1000 dinar and was worth one tenth of a toman. The rial replaced the qiran at par in 1932, although it was divided into one hundred (new) dinars. Despite ...
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.
The Surah is named Al-Anfal (The Bounties) from the first ayat. The word utilized in the ayat is الْأَنفَالِ. The word أَنفَال alludes to what is given as an extra sum past what is required. [8] A very subtle perspective is covered in employing this word: the reward of undertaking jihad for God is permanently saved with God.
The first twenty verses discuss the wonders of the worldly creation (the earth, plants, the peace of night, the mountains and rain); the final twenty verses are about the eternal wonders and horrors of the next world, with the raging sinner (the Arabic triliteral root TGY "taagheena" is used) being punished starkly opposed with the rewarding of dutiful believers in paradise. [3]
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 ().
Hud (Arabic: هود, Hūd) [1] is the 11th chapter [2] of the Quran and has 123 verses ().It relates in part to the prophet Hud.Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is an earlier "Meccan surah", which means it is believed to have been revealed in Mecca, instead of later in Medina.
Al-Qaria or The Calamity [1] (Arabic: القارعة, al-Qāriʻah, also known as The Striking), [2] is the 101st chapter of the Quran, with 11 āyāt or verses. This chapter takes its name from its first word "qariah", [3] referring to the Quranic view of the end time and [[Islamic eschatology|eschatology]'" has been translated as calamity, striking, catastrophe and clatterer. [4]