Muhammad محمد

Madani · 38 ayat · 38 with pondering

• Ayah 1A lifetime of effort can go astray like an ownerless camel, when it was spent blocking the road it should have walked.
• Ayah 2Those who covered the truth lost their deeds; those who believed find their own wrongs covered, and the restless place inside them set right.
• Ayah 3Everyone follows something; the only question is whether what you follow is real, and has a Lord behind it.
• Ayah 4Mid-war, Allah says He never needed human hands to win it, and writes the war's ending into the sentence that begins it.
• Ayah 5Three short words promise that the guiding does not stop at death, and that whatever was left weighing on a heart will be set right.
• Ayah 6Paradise is no strange country to those who enter it: He has already made it known, so they walk in as if coming home.
• Ayah 7Stand up for what Allah has asked of you, and He Himself will stand you up: help returned, and feet that do not give way.
• Ayah 8One ayah after the promise of firm feet comes its opposite: a fall flat on the face, with no voice wishing the faller up.
• Ayah 9The root of the ruin is named in four words: they disliked what Allah sent down, and deeds built on that dislike swell and die.
• Ayah 10The proof lies in ruins you have already passed: look at how the proud ended, and at Who ended them.
• Ayah 11Everything in the surah turns on one fact: the believers have a Protector who stands right beside them, and the others have none.
• Ayah 12Two ways to live: one heads for gardens with their own springs; the other grazes heedlessly, until the herd is brought to its fold.
• Ayah 13Said to a man driven from the city he loved: stronger cities have fallen, and none had anyone to help.
• Ayah 14Two people walk the same street: one stands on clear proof from his Lord, the other on a wrong made to look lovely.
• Ayah 15Four rivers run through the Garden, each the best drink you know with its flaw removed, and above them all, forgiveness.
• Ayah 16They sat in the same room as the Prophet ﷺ, heard every word, and walked out asking what he had just said.
• Ayah 17The same recitation that left some blank left others more guided than before, and with a God-consciousness that was His gift to them.
• Ayah 18After every proof has been given, only one thing is left to wait for, and when it arrives remembering will be too late.
• Ayah 19Know there is no god but Allah, ask forgiveness for yourself and every believer, and remember He sees every road and every rest.
• Ayah 20Some asked for a clear command; when it came, others stared at the Prophet ﷺ with the fixed eyes of a dying man.
• Ayah 21Willing obedience and a decent word would have served them better; once the matter turned serious, only truth to Allah would do.
• Ayah 22A stinging question: if you turned away, or were handed power, would you spoil the earth and cut the ties of the womb?
• Ayah 23Those who spoil the earth and cut their kin are driven far from mercy, their hearing stopped and their sight clouded over.
• Ayah 24The Qur'an stops mid-verdict to ask why you are not thinking about it, and then names the only other explanation there is.
• Ayah 25Some saw the road clearly and still turned on their heels, because Satan made the way back look easy and stretched their hopes out long.
• Ayah 26Their turning began with a whispered side deal, "we will obey you in part", made in secret with Allah listening to every word.
• Ayah 27They schemed to dodge the blows of battle; the ayah asks what scheme will help when the angels take them, striking faces and backs alike.
• Ayah 28They faced towards what angers Allah and turned their backs on what pleases Him, and the ending matched the turning, face and back.
• Ayah 29Those who carry hidden rancour assume it will stay folded away for ever; Allah says He will bring it out into the light.
• Ayah 30Allah could have marked every hypocrite's face; He chose to let their speech give them away, and reminds everyone that He knows their deeds.
• Ayah 31Trials come to make plain who truly strives and who holds steady, and to test whether what people say about themselves is true.
• Ayah 32Those who split away from the Messenger after seeing the truth imagine they are wounding Allah's cause; they will not harm Him in the least.
• Ayah 33After a surah of other people's lost deeds, the believers are told directly: obey, and do not be the ones who spoil your own.
• Ayah 34What finally closes the door is not how far someone went, but dying still turned away; while breath remains, the door stands open.
• Ayah 35Do not go weak and beg for terms on higher ground; Allah is with you, and will never leave your deeds bereft.
• Ayah 36Worldly life alone is play; believe and be mindful of Him, and He gives your full wages while asking nothing of your wealth for Himself.
• Ayah 37Allah knows that if He pressed you for all your wealth, you would hold back and your hidden grudges would surface.
• Ayah 38You are called to spend for Allah; whoever holds back only holds back from himself, for Allah is the Rich and you are the poor.