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The earliest and the most important work in this genre is undoubtedly Kitab asbab al-Nuzul ("Book of occasions of revelation") by Ali ibn Ahmad al-Wahidi (d. 1075 CE). Al-Wahidi mentions occasions of about 570 verses out of 6236 verses of the Quran.
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.
According to the scholar al-Suyuti who wrote a book on Asbab al-nuzul, revelations came down for two basic reasons: "divine initiative", i.e. because God decided to send and reveal something. [23] [21] Examples being the first revelation to Muhammad at Hira’, [24] or the ayat calling for the Fast of Ramadan [25] [21]
The study of Asbab al-nuzul deals with the occasions, circumstances or reasons for the revelation of a sura or verse and the time, place and so forth of its revelation. Pages in category "Asbab al-nuzul"
The Ayat al-Kursi (often glossed as "Verse of the footstool"), is a verse from Al-Baqara, the second sura of the Quran. It references the Kursi (كرسي) which is different from the Throne (عرش), and also God's greatest name, Al-Hayy Al-Qayyoom ("The Living, the Eternal"). [4]
Ayat al-Kursi is regarded as the greatest verse of Quran according to the hadith. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] The verse is regarded as one of the most powerful in the Quran because when it is recited, the greatness of God is believed to be confirmed.
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A 16th-century Quran opened to show sura (chapter) 2, ayat (verses) 1–4. An āyah ( Arabic : آية , Arabic pronunciation: [ʔaː.ja] ; plural: آيات ʾāyāt ) is a "verse" in the Qur'an , one of the statements of varying length that make up the chapters ( surah ) of the Qur'an and are marked by a number.