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“And the reciters of a Remembrance (Qur’an),” It is necessary that there should be some impedimental factors of sins and forbidders of indecencies in the society. This Surah is the first Surah of the Qur’an that the beginning verses of which begin with oaths. They are some expressive oaths which take the man’s thought with them toward different directions of this world and make it ready for accepting the facts.

It is true that Allah is more truthful than all truthful ones and He does not need to take any oath. Moreover, if the oath is for the believers, they are submitted without any oath, and if it is for the rejecters, they do not believe in the oaths of Allah. But noting to two points will solve the problem of oaths in all verses of the Qur’an upon which we will deal with henceforth. The first point is this that oaths are always made by the worthy and important things.

Thus, the oaths of the Qur’an show the importance and greatness of the things that the oaths are made by, and this very matter causes the more contemplation upon the thing that the concerning oaths are made by, a contemplation which makes man acquainted with some new facts. The other point is that: oath is always for emphasis, and it is a proof upon this fact that the things for which the oath is made are among the completely earnest and emphasized affairs of creation.

Besides, when a speaker states his speech decisively, it will psychologically affect more on the addressee’s heart, strengthens the believers more, and makes the deniers of that speech milder. However, at the beginning of this Surah, we find three groups by whom oaths are made. At first, it says: “By those who range themselves in ranks,” Then, it says: “And those who drive away (the evils and temptations) with reproof,” “And the reciters of a Remembrance (Qur’an),” Who are these three groups?

And whom are these qualities about? And what is its final aim? The popular and known commentary is that these are some qualities for some groups of angels.