The sura concludes with the reminder that while men are fully aware of what they are doing and why, God is even more aware-what is hidden in men's hearts is known to God.

Al-Tabari comments on sura XVI, verse 108 ( Tafsir, Bulak 1323, xxiv, 122 ): " If any one is compelled and professes unbelief with his tongue, while his heart contradicts him, in order to escape his enemies, no blame falls on him, because God takes his servants as their hearts believe.

This he did admirably: " I said them the fatha ( first sura of the Qur ' an ) over the meat with the usual movements ; after the meal I read extensively from the Qur ' an and I chose the chapters dealing with morals and not with Mahomet < nowiki > was a severe anathema to the majority of Pétis ' audience at the time, which I explained according to the commentaries I had read.

In accordance with the new situation of the Muslims, these suras more often deal with details of legislation, and every sura which deals with issues of warfare is Medinan, beginning with surat al-Baqara.

Sūrat al-Qalam () ( The Pen ) is the 68th sura of the Qur ' an with 52 ayat.

It forms a pair with the following sura, Quraish, reminding the Quraysh tribe who dominated Mecca of the favors that Allah had bestowed on them.

It forms a pair with the preceding sura, al-Fil, reminding the Quraysh of the favors that God had bestowed on them.

It forms a pair with the next sura, At-Tawba.

The sura opens with a discussion on the nature of man and the punishment that awaits those who defy God.

The remaining text of the sura discusses the general theme once more, with occasional references to Moses.

Sura Ar-Ra'd ( Arabic: سورة الرعد, Sūratu ar-Ra'd, " The Thunder ") is the 13th sura of the Qur ' an with 43 ayat.

Sura Ibrahim ( Arabic: سورة إبراهيم, Sūratu Ibrāhīm, Abraham ) is the 14th sura of the Qur ' an with 52 ayat.

sura of the Qur ' an, with 128 verses.

Sura Maryam (, Sūratu Maryam, " Mary ") is the 19th sura ( chapter ) of the Qur ' an and is a Makkan sura with 98 ayat ( English: verses ).

This sura begins with two narrations of ' miraculous births ' of God's Elect: Yahya ( John the Baptist ) and Isa ( Jesus ).

A further matter of interest is that this sura numerically matches – i. e., Sura 1 is paired with last Sura 114, 2 with 113, etc.

Sura Ta-Ha (, Sūratu Tā-Hā, " Ta-Ha ") is the 20th sura of the Qur ' an with 135 ayat.

It is named " Ta-Ha " because the sura starts with the Arab letters طه ( see Muqatta ' at ).

The Qur ' an refers to the Names of God as God's " most beautiful Names " ( Arabic: ) ( see the following sura, Al-A ' raf, Al-Isra, Ta-Ha, Al-Hashr ).

According to this sura, all wonders of the natural world, like seas, stars, mountains are proofs of God's infinite power.

Among the subjects treated in this sura are God's call of Moses (), the Exodus of the Israelites and the crossing of the Red Sea (), the worship of the Golden Calf () and the Fall of Man ().

This sura begins by invoking the Morning and the Night, meaning that God's will acts both during the day ( when the Light of God is obvious ), and the night ( when it seems to man that God is absent ).

* Ibn Kathir, a traditional exegete holds that this sura, as a warning to believers not to waste time or they we could be humiliated or even ruined.

The sura continues with this theme of balance The sura ends as it began, asking about how one will learn the meaning of the word " the Pit "-which is explained to be known in " the blazing fire " of Hell.

The sura preaches the infinite Power of Allah and states that those who reject warnings of Prophets will be companions of the Blazing Fire, meaning they will be punished in Hell.

Some suras were named according to their central theme, such as Al-Fatiha ( The Opener ) and Yusuf ( Joseph ), and some were named for the first word at the beginning of the sura, such as Qaf, Ya Sin, and ar-Rahman.

Some suras were also named according to a unique story or topic within the sura, such as al-Baqara ( The Cow ), An-Nur ( The Light ), while other suras were named according to a unique word used in them, such as Az-Zukhruf ( The Ornaments of Gold ), Al-Hadid ( The Iron ), and Al-Ma ' un ( The Small Kindness ).

The sura describes destruction of disbelieving peoples, such as Ancient Egyptians and the people of Iram of the Pillars.

In all but 3 of the 29 cases, these letters are almost immediately followed by mention of the Qur ' anic revelation itself ( the exceptions are suras 29, 30, and 68 ); and some argue that even these three cases should be included, since mention of the revelation is made later on in the sura.

Three types of fasting ( Sawm ) are recognized by the Qur ' an: Ritual fasting, fasting as compensation for repentance ( both from sura Al-Baqara ), and ascetic fasting ( from Al-Ahzab ).

Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj Nishapuri says in his Sahih al-Bukhari, that a certain man ( during the time of Muhammad ), was reciting the sura al-Kahf from the Quran by his tethered horse, and as he was reciting, a cloud engulfed him, which was encircling and descending, whose sight caused his horse to jump and move, and so when morning came he went to Muhammad and informed him of what occurred, to which Muhammad replied that it was the Sakinah that descended for the Quran.

During this visit, they will clean the grave, recite Ya-Seen, a chapter ( sura ) from the Qur ' an and also perform the tahlil ceremony.

The Qur ' anic narrative, from sura 27 ( An-Naml ), has Suleiman ( Salomon ) getting reports from the Hoopoe bird about the kingdom of Saba ( Sheba ), ruled by a queen whose people worship the sun instead of God.

The basis for the Eid al-Adha comes from the 196th verse of sura 2 ( Al-Baqara ) of the Quran.

The most commonly told story is how in the 7th century, Al-Buraq carried the Islamic prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Jerusalem and back during the Isra and Mi ' raj or " Night Journey ", which is the title of one of the chapters ( sura ), Al-Isra, of the Qur ' an.

A brief sketch of the story is in sura 17 Al-Isra of the Quran, and other details come from the Hadith, supplemental writings about the life of Muhammad.

In sura Al-Kahf (" The Cave ", 18: 83 – 98 ) of the Quran ( early 7th century CE ), a mysterious individual called Dhul-Qarnayn (" The Two-horned One ") journeys to a distant land in a pass between two mountains where he finds people who are suffering from the mischief of Gog and Magog.

In sura 21, Al-Anbiyā ( The Prophets ), the wall is mentioned again: there Allah tells his Prophet ( Mohammed ) that there is a " prohibition upon people of a city which We have destroyed that they will return, until dam of Gog and Magog has been opened and thou shall see them, from every higher ground, descending.

This early Meccan sura provides the antidote to superstition and fear by teaching us to seek refuge in Allah from every kind of ill arising from outer nature and from dark and evil plottings.

Sura al-Fil describes how God saved the Kaaba from destruction, while sura Quraysh describes God as Lord of the Kaaba.

Section from verses 73 of Sura al-AhzabSurat Al-Ahzab ( ) ( The Clans, The Coalition, The Combined Forces ) is the 33rd sura of the Qur ' an with 73 ayat.

The Shia refer to three verses from sura Al-Ma ' ida to make their argument on Qur ' anic grounds: 5: 55, 5: 3, 5: 67.

624 CE ) was Muhammed's uncle, from his father's side, and one of the enemies of Islam at Muhammad's time, condemned by name in the Qur ' an in sura Al-Masadd.

The triceps surae ( from Latin caput and sura.