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Al-Fajr (Arabic: الفجر, "The Dawn", "Daybreak") is the eighty-ninth chapter of the Quran, with 30 verses . [3] The sura describes destruction of disbelieving peoples: the Ancient Egyptians, the people of Iram of the Pillars, and Mada'in Saleh. It condemns those who love wealth and look with disdain upon the poor and orphans.
The development of Islamic calligraphy is strongly tied to the Qur'an, as chapters and verses from the Qur'an are a common and almost universal text upon which Islamic calligraphy is based. Although artistic depictions of people and animals are not explicitly forbidden in the Qur'an, Islamic traditions have often limited figural representation ...
The Throne Verse (Arabic: آيَة ٱلْكُرْسِيّ, romanized: Ayāh al-Kursī [a]) is the 255th verse of the second chapter of the Quran, al-Baqara 2:255. In this verse, God introduces Himself to mankind and says nothing and nobody is comparable to God. [2] [3] Considered the greatest [4] [5] and one of the most well-known verses of the ...
He interprets al-kitab as "the book of the Koran" when he translates the Story of Mary in the Quran And remember in the book of the Koran the story of Mary; when she retired from her family to a place towards the east, [ p 1 ] and took a veil to conceal herself from them; and we sent our spirit Gabriel unto her, and he appeared unto her in the ...
Al-Kāfirūn (Arabic: الكافرون, "The Disbelievers") is the 109th chapter of the Quran. It has six ayat or verses as follows: [1] "Say, “O disbelievers, I do not worship what you worship. Nor are you worshippers of what I worship. Nor will I be a worshipper of what you worship. Nor will you be worshippers of what I worship.
[2] [3] The Verse of Loan, the longest single verse in the Quran, is in this chapter. The sūrah encompasses a variety of topics and contains several commands for Muslims such as enjoining fasting on the believer during the month of Ramadan ; [ 4 ] forbidding interest or usury ( riba ); and several famous verses such as The Throne Verse , Al ...
Ar-Rum (Arabic: الروم, romanized: ’ar-rūm, lit. 'The Romans') is the 30th chapter of the Quran, consisting of 60 verses ().The term Rūm originated in the word Roman, and during the time of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, it referred to the Eastern Roman Empire; the title is also sometimes translated as "The Greeks" or "The Byzantines".
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