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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books An Enlightening Commentary into the Light of the Holy Qur'an vol. 16 Surah al-Dukhan, Chapter 44, Verses 1 - 36 (The Smoke) Section (juz’ 25) Number of Verses: 59 General Overview of the Chapter بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Chapter in question revealed in Mecca has fifty nine Verses. It is the fifth Chapter beginning with the detached letters HM.
The word: dukhan (“smoke”) it attested twice in the Holy Qur’an. One instance is to be found in Chapter 41[^1] concerning the beginning of this world and the other which may be found in the tenth Verse of the Chapter in question, makes a reference to the end of the world.
Most of the issues mentioned in the Chapter concern the Greatness of the Qur’an; it Revelation on the Night of Decree; Unity; disbelievers’ fate; the story of prophet Moses (as), Children of Israel, and Pharaoh; uselfulness of creation; and the creation of the heavens and the earth.
Merits of the Recitation of the Chapter According to a Prophetic tradition: “One who recites Surah al-Dukhan on Friday in the day and at night, God will have a mansion built for him in Paradise.” [^2] Another Prophetic tradition says: “One who recites Surah al-Dukhan in one night, he will awaken when seventy thousand angels ask for his forgiveness.” ^3 Surah al-Dukhan - Verses 1 – 3 بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
حم وَالْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مُبَارَكَةٍ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنْذِرِينَ 1. HM 2. By the manifest Book that makes things clear. 3. We sent It down on a blessed night. Indeed, We are ever warning. The word “blessed” (mubarak) refers to the Night of Decree (laylat al-qadr) which is in the blessed month of Ramadan [the ninth month of the lunar calendar]: (“The month of Ramadan in which the Qur’an was sent down”).
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