As will be explained below, according to some traditions this Surah was sent down in the period when the Holy Prophet had started calling the people openly to Islam in Makkah, and this had caused great alarm among the chiefs of the Quraish. If this be true, its period of revelation would...
This Surah is addressed to: (1) Themushriksof Makkah, (2) the wavering Muslims, and (3) the True Believers. Themushrikshave been warned in a forceful manner to this effect: "You have obdurately and impudently persisted in your ideas of ignorance and trusted in your deities instead of Al...
40. Surah Al Mu'min (The Believer), also known as Surah Al Ghafir (The Forgiver) - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Qur'an
The Surah takes its name from v. 35 in which mention has been made of ProphetIbrahim(Abraham). But it does not mean that it contains the life story of Prophet Abraham. The name is merely a symbol lid the names of many other surahs, i.e., the Surah in which Abraham's mention has ...
19. Surah Maryam (Mary) - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Qur'an
The entire Surah is a most eloquent and effective address which was given some time before the emigration to Habash, in an environment filled with tyranny and persecution, ill-will and antagonism, at Makkah. It is a sermon whose addressees mainly are the unbelieving Quraish, although here and...
13. Surah Ar Ra'ad (The Thunder) - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Qur'an
37. Surah As Saaffat (Those who set the ranks) - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Qur'an
2. Surah Al Baqarah (The Cow) - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Qur'an
23. Surah Al Muminoon (The Believers) - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Qur'an