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This surah warns against polytheism, saying that the pagan gods cannot create anything, [6] and against comparisons between God and any created beings. [7] It praises God for giving the Earth with all its wealth to mankind. According to this surah, all wonders of the natural world, such as seas, stars and mountains, are proofs of God's infinite ...
An-Naml [1] (Arabic: النمل, romanized: ’an-naml, lit. 'The Ant [2] [3] ') is the 27th chapter of the Qur'an with 93 verses (). Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is traditionally believed to be a Meccan surah, from the second Meccan period (615-619).
The Opening, the Opening of the Divine Writ, The Essence of the Divine Writ, The Surah of Praise, The Foundation of the Qur'an, and The Seven Oft-Repeated [Verses] [6] 7 (1) Makkah: 5: 48: Whole Surah [6] The fundamental principles of the Qur'an in a condensed form. [6] It reads: “(1) In the name of God (Allah), the Compassionate and Merciful ...
9. ۩ Āyah 15, in Surah As-Sajdah. 10. ۩ Āyah 38, in Surah Fussilat. 11. ۩ Āyah 24, in Surah Ṣād (outside of Ijma). The four remaining Sajadates to close the number of fifteen are located in the Surates of the Mufassal going from Surah Qaf to Surah Al-Nas: [40] [41] 12. ۩ Āyah 77, in Surah Al-Hajj. 13. ۩ Āyah 62, in Surah An-Najm.
— Surah An-Nahl 16:64 For example, while the Quran presents the general principles of praying, fasting, paying zakat, or making pilgrimage, they are presented "without the illustration found in Hadith, for these acts of worship remain as abstract imperatives in the Qur'an".
A few commentators disagree with this account, claiming that the first revelation was the beginning of surat al-Muddaththir or surat al-Fatiha, but theirs is a minority position. Moreover, the term إِنْسَان insān , which is translated "man, human", appears 65 times in the Qur'an, meaning "humanity".
The surah is entirely Meccan, meaning it was revealed while Muhammad was trying to create a Muslim community in Mecca and before he migrated to Madina. According to the Tanzil version, it was the seventy-first surah revealed. It was revealed after the sixteenth surah, An-Nahl ("The Bee"), and before the fourteenth surah, Ibrahim ("Abraham").
Muhammad said, 'Surah al Mulk is the protector from the torment of the grave' [14] Jabir said it was the custom of not to go to sleep until he had read Tabarakalladhi Biyadihil Mulk(Al-Mulk) and Alif Laam Meem Tanzeel . [15] He used to recite Surah As-Sajdah and Surah Al-Mulk (in Arabic) before sleeping. [16]