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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-Qadr [1] (Arabic: القدر, "Power, Fate") is the 97th chapter of the Qur'an, with 5 āyāt or verses. It is a Meccan surah [2] which celebrates the night when the first revelation of what would become the Qur'an was sent down. The chapter has been so designated after the word al-qadr in the first verse. It is mainly about power.
Al-Lail in mujawwad Masjid al-Haram, Mecca at night. Sūrah Al-Lail is a Meccan sura, and was among the first ten surahs to be revealed. Meccan surahs are chronologically earlier surahs that were revealed to Muhammad at Mecca before the hijrah to Medina in 622 CE.
The Epistles of Wisdom are also referred to as the Kitab al-Hikma (Book of Wisdom) and al-Hikma al-Sharifa. Other ancient Druze writings include the Rasa'il al-Hind (Epistles of India) and the previously lost (or hidden) manuscripts such as al-Munfarid bi-Dhatihi and al-Sharia al-Ruhaniyya as well as others including didactic and polemic ...
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".
In addition to these five pillars, there are ten practices that Shia Muslims must perform, called the Ancillaries of the Faith [35] (Arabic: furūʿ al-dīn). Salah: 5 daily prayers; Sawm: Fasting Ramadan; Zakat: Almsgiving, similar to Sunni Islam, it applies to money, cattle, silver, gold, dates, raisins, wheat, and barley.
Al-Adiyat or The War Horses which run swiftly [1] (Arabic: العاديات, al-ʿādiyāt, also known as "The Courser, The Chargers") is the 100th chapter of the Qur'an, with 11 āyāt or verses. Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation ( asbāb al-nuzūl ), it is an earlier " Meccan surah ", which means it is believed ...
923), al-Baghdadi (d. 1071), and Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 1201). [16] Alternatively, the verse of ikmal is linked to the 629–630 Conquest of Mecca by the Sunni jurist al-Qurtubi (d. 1273) in his exegesis. [1] At any rate, disbelievers on that day lost hope of turning Muslims away from their faith, according to al-Tabari and al-Qurtubi. [17]