Qum, Imam as-Sadiq (peace be upon him) Institute 6/11/1376...

Qum, Imam as-Sadiq (peace be upon him) Institute 6/11/1376 27th of the Blessed Month of Ramadhan, 1418 AH Ja`far Subhani Introduction to the English Translation In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Allahumma salli ‘ala Muhammadin wa Ali Muhammad Surah al-Hujurat, the forty-ninth chapter of the Qur’an, lays out many of the social-ethical concepts in Islam.

It covers various themes from submission and obedience to Almighty Allah and His Messenger, (peace be upon him), to the status and honour of the Prophet in eyes of Allah; its talks about the brotherhood of the Muslims and the ethical duties that they have towards one another; it emphasizes on the concern that Muslims should have for solving internal disputes, and for supporting justice against injustice; it presents the equality among the believers irrespective of their ethnic and racial differences; it highlights the importance of spiritual conviction (Iman) over the physical submission (Islam).

Al-Hujurat was my favourite Surah since my student days in Qum in the seventies. When I was invited by the Imamia Students Organisation (of Pakistan) in Ramadhan of 1979, I started a tafsir program in their four local chapters in Karachi and used Surah al-Hujurat as the theme.…