4. “Introduction”
Surat Al-Furqan (Arabic: الفرقان سورة ," The
Criterion") is the 25th sura of Qur'an with
77 ayat.
The “Criterion” refers to the Qur'an itself as
the decisive factor between the Good and
the Evil.
It is Makkiya Sura.
5. “Subject”
• The Surah deals with the doubts and objections that
were being raised against the Qur'an, the Prophethood
of Muhammad (Allah's peace and blessings be upon him)
and his teachings by the disbelievers of Makkah.
• Appropriate answers to each and every objection have
been given in this surah.
• The people have been warned of the consequences of
rejecting the Truth.
• At the end of the Surah, a clear picture of the moral
superiority of the Believers has been depicted.
7. Translation:
“Those who disbelieve say: ‘This (Qur'ān) is but a
fabrication which he (Muhammad) himself has invented,
and some others have helped him with it, so they have
produced a wrong and a falsehood.”
8. Translation:
“And the servants of the Beneficent God are they who walk
on the earth in humbleness, and when the ignorant address
them, they say: Peace”.
12. ِهَف اَهَبَتَتْكا َينِل َّوٌّالا ُيرِـطَسَأ ْاوُلاَق َوًلي ِصَأ َو ًةَرْكُب ِهْيَلَع ىَلْمُت َى
And they say: "Tales of the ancients which he has
written down, and they are dictated to him
morning and afternoon.'
Reply:
ـَمَّسال ىِف َّرِالس ُمَلْعَي ِىذَّال ُهَلَنزَأ ْلُقِض ْرٌّالا َو ِت َو
Say: "It has been sent down by Him Who knows the
secret of the heavens and the earth.
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Ruku No 1:
• Al-Furqan : The Criterion for judging right and wrong virtue and
vice, truth and falsehood.
• Rasolallah(SAW) ---- Abd ---- Servant of Allah
• Allah has appointed an exact measure for everything ---- Law of
destiny
• Criterion for Godhood/ Divinity ---- The partners they associate do
not fulfill on any criterion
• Quran itself is a miracle.
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Ruku No 2:
• Picture of Hell ---- boxing up in a narrow place
• Comparative review of consequent of Muslim’s who believe in Hereafter
and disbelievers.
• ِ هاّٰلل ِن ُۡود ۡنِم ---- Not just idols but the angels, the prophets, the saints, the
martyrs and the pious men, whom the mushriks of different communities
have made their deities.
• Messengers, believers & disbelievers all are tests for each other --- Divine
wisdom --- How?
• Tests for believers --- Be patient on persecution, un reasonable
arguments & mockery of disbelievers.
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Ruku No 3:
• Three times when angels can be seen ---- Chastisement, death, Here
after
• Ayah 27 ---- Good and bad company and its effects --- How we have as
friends?
• Making Qur'an an object of laughter ---- اًر ۡوُج ۡهَم َنٰا ۡرُقۡال ---- Forgotten,
forsake, abandon ---- did not regard the Qur'an as worthy of their
consideration, neither accepted it nor followed it.
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• The criminals will always oppose the Truth and become enemies
as Messengers invites people towards Allah’s obedience rather
than theirs.
• Tawakul Ilallah.
• Wisdom behind gradual revelation of Quran in 23 years ----
strengthen heart, conviction and imbue it with courage,
memorize perfectly, its teachings may be impressed deeply on
the minds, answer the objections at the moment.
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Ruku No 4:
• Looking at historical remains with didactic approach.
• Making Lusts and desires God ----- Of all the false gods being
worshipped and served, instead of Allah, the worst in the sight of
Allah is one's own lust.
• One who are slaves of their desires ---- Their condition is worse than
cattle.
• Momin has his desires under control, he stand firm.
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Ruku No 5:
• The pleasant effects of gradual increase and decrease of shadows.
• Allah’s sign in sleep.
• Relationship between causes and effects and their being subject to Allah’s will.
• Recognize Allah with His blessings ---- Attitude of Thankfulness, evade ingratitude
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• Jihad with Quran(its propagation) is the greatest Jihad --- Dawa with
speech & pen through Quran.
• Sweet, bitter, palatable, saltish , warm and cold sea water ---- Ayah 53
scientific miracle
• Two sorts of kindred: by descent and by marriage ---- Balance with
respect --- Fulfill the Rights
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Ruku No 6:
• Difference between Light of Sun and Moon.
• 13 Characteristics of Ibad ur Rahman --- 5 do’s and 9 don'ts
1. True servants ---- Obedient, full submission
2. Walk on earth humble, forbiddance of arrogant walk( Person’s walk reflect
his thoughts)
3. Avoid ignorant, foolish and twist discussion --- Say Salam and move away
4. Remembrance of Allah at night(Tahajjud) -- Safeguard from Show off and
closeness to Allah
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5. Ayah 65, 66 --- Supplication --- Hope and fear both ---- Requirement
of Faith
6. Moderation in spending ---- Avoid extravagance and miserliness ---
What is the Islamic way?
7. Abstinence from Shirk ---- Do not invoke any other God other than
Allah
8. Do not take any life unjustly which Allah has forbidden.
9. Do not commit adultery. ---- Double punishment for Shirk, unjust
killing, adultery. Islam = Faith+ action --- Advantages/conditions of
Repentance(changing evil deeds into good)
َمَّنَهَج َابَذَع اَّنَع ْف ِرْصا َانَّب َرَۖانَك اَهَباَذَع َّنِإاًما ََرغُم َو اًّرَقَتْسُم ْتَءاَس اَهَّنِإاًماَق
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10. Do not bear witness to any falsehood ---- No false testimony, never
be a spectator to false
11. If they pass by absurd things(indecency), pass by it with dignity.
12. Take the admonition from recitation of Quran ---- Pay heed, ponder
and act upon it.
13. Trying to make spouse and kids righteous too and praying for its
success
Ayah 74 ---- Supplication ---- How can anybody becomes coolness
for others eyes ?
َنِتَّاي ِرُذ َو َان ِاج َو ْزَأ ْنِم َانَل َْبه َانَّب َرَّتُمْلِل َانْلَعْاج َو ٍنُيْعَأ َةَّرُق ااًماَمِإ َينِق
They verse were sent in Makkah. Those who said it most probably did not believe in a concept like inspiration. They were trying to interpret what they did not believe with their own minds. Idol worshippers from Makkah, in fact, were trying to obstruct through different ways the impact of the Qur’an, of which the decrees, they thought, were harmful for their false beliefs and their present order based on oppression. One of these ways was their claiming that God’s Prophet ( pbuh) invented The Qur’an himself with the help of “some people”, in other words, several people who were the believers in the Holy Books at that period in Makkah. This claim that He collaborated the Qur’an, such a magnificient book, with information He collected from some randomly chosen people was nothing but a nonsense one. In the 6th verse that we quoted above, the claims of idol worshippers are refused and also the statement: “He Who knows all the secrets contained in the heavens and the earth sends it down” points out this fact : The Qur’an contains rich secrets, informations on the unknown and facts that nobody can bring out with their own humanly abilities and without the help of Allah. Thus, the evidence that proves the Qur’an is not any human’s word but God’s is the Qur’an itself and its content.
Ali Ibne Ibrahim, Kulaini, Ibne Mahyar and others have narrated from Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) that these verse were revealed in praise of the Imams (a.s.).
It means that in return of their ignorance they say something that keeps them safe from sins or say something good to them or salutes them.
According to traditions this was also revealed in praise of the legatees who do goodness with the enemy.
It means that in exchange of obeying Allah in the world and remaining patient on the harassment of the enemies of Allah they would be given a very high position in the Paradise. Saeed Ibne Jubair says that it refers to Ali Ibne Abi Talib, Hasan, Husain and Fatima (s.a.).