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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
===Naming=== | ===Naming=== | ||
The famous name of this sura is "al-Nahl". The reason for this naming is that "Nahl" (honey bee) is mentioned in this sura. This sura is also named as sura of Ni'am (plural form of "Ni'ma" blessing), because its main message is mentioning the blessings of God. | The famous name of this sura is "al-Nahl". The reason for this naming is that "Nahl" (honey bee) is mentioned in this sura. This sura is also named as sura of Ni'am (plural form of "Ni'ma" blessing), because its main message is mentioning the blessings of God.<ref>Makārim Shīrāzī, ‘’Tafsīr-i nimūna’’, vol. 11, p. 171.</ref> | ||
===Order and Place of Revelation=== | ===Order and Place of Revelation=== | ||
Sura al-Nahl is a [[Makki sura]] and the 70th sura [[revealed]] to the [[Prophet (s)]]. It is 16th sura of the Qur'an and located in juz' 14. | Sura al-Nahl is a [[Makki sura]] and the 70th sura [[revealed]] to the [[Prophet (s)]]. It is 16th sura of the Qur'an<ref>Maʿrifat, ‘’Āmūzish-i ʿulūm-i Qurʾān’’, vol. 1, p. 167.</ref> and located in juz' 14. | ||
===Number of Verses==== | ===Number of Verses==== | ||
Sura al-Nahl has 128 verses, 1851 words and 7838 letters. Regarding volume, it is middle-sized in three fourth of one juz'. It is [[recommended]] to [[Sajda|prostrate]] upon [[recitation]] of verse 48 of this sura. | Sura al-Nahl has 128 verses, 1851 words and 7838 letters. Regarding volume, it is middle-sized in three fourth of one juz'. It is [[recommended]] to [[Sajda|prostrate]] upon [[recitation]] of verse 48 of this sura.<ref>Khurramshāhī, ‘’Dānishnāma-yi Qurʾān’’, vol. 2, p. 1241.</ref> | ||
== Content == | == Content == | ||
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*Mentioning the arguments for the Unity and Glory of God, the hereafter and threatening polytheists and wrongdoers. | *Mentioning the arguments for the Unity and Glory of God, the hereafter and threatening polytheists and wrongdoers. | ||
*Mentioning different rulings such as ordering about justice, kindness, immigration, [[jihad]], forbidding the evil, oppression, injustice and breaking pledges. It also invites people to thankfulness and introduces [[Ibrahim (a)]] a thankful servant. | *Mentioning different rulings such as ordering about justice, kindness, immigration, [[jihad]], forbidding the evil, oppression, injustice and breaking pledges. It also invites people to thankfulness and introduces [[Ibrahim (a)]] a thankful servant. | ||
*Speaking about [[polytheist]] innovations and warning human being about temptations of Satan | *Speaking about [[polytheist]] innovations and warning human being about temptations of Satan.<ref>Makārim Shīrāzī, ‘’Tafsīr-i nimūna’’, vol. 11, p. 147.</ref> | ||
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== Famous Verses == | == Famous Verses == | ||
This verse explains the way to treat objectors. By "wisdom", knowledge, logic and reasoning | {{Pull quote | ||
|text='''"Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good advice and dispute with them in a manner that is best..."''' | |||
|source=Qur'an, 16:125}} | |||
This verse explains the way to treat objectors. By "wisdom", knowledge, logic, and reasoning are meant which are rational and "good advice" refers to the words that elicit emotions. It is mentioned in this verse that advice should be good, meaning that it should be empty of harshness, seeking superiority, belittling the person or inciting the feeling of [[envy]] in people.<ref>Makārim Shīrāzī, ‘’Tafsīr-i nimūna’’, vol. 2, p. 598.</ref> | |||
== Verses of Ruling == | == Verses of Ruling == | ||
Many of the verses of Sura al-Nahl are considered among the verses of ruling. Verse 115 mentions three impermissible things to consume: dead animals, blood and meat of pigs. It is also said that from verses 5, 10, 14 and 66 – 69, it can be understood that honey, fishes, quadrupeds and fruits such as dates, grapes and olive are permissible to eat. Also, it is said that from other verses of this sura (91 – 94) which are about pledge and [[oath]], it can be understood that breaking the pledge and oath is impermissible. Also, verse 106 of this sura is mentioned among proofs in the Qur'an for permissibility of [[taqiyya]]. | Many of the verses of Sura al-Nahl are considered among the verses of ruling.<ref>Īrawānī, ‘’Durūs tamhīdīyya’’, vol. 1, p. 132, 268, 453, 455, 461, 519, 610, 613, 627, 629, 633; vol. 2, p. 699, 713.</ref> Verse 115 mentions three impermissible things to consume: dead animals, blood and meat of pigs. It is also said that from verses 5, 10, 14 and 66 – 69, it can be understood that honey, fishes, quadrupeds and fruits such as dates, grapes and olive are permissible to eat.<ref>Īrawānī, ‘’Durūs tamhīdīyya’’, vol. 1, p. 610, 613, 627, 629, 633, 637, 638.</ref> Also, it is said that from other verses of this sura (91 – 94) which are about pledge and [[oath]], it can be understood that breaking the pledge and oath is impermissible.<ref>Īrawānī, ‘’Durūs tamhīdīyya’’, vol. 1, p. 453, 455.</ref> Also, verse 106 of this sura is mentioned among proofs in the Qur'an for permissibility of [[taqiyya]].<ref>Īrawānī, ‘’Durūs tamhīdīyya’’, vol. 1, p. vol. 2, p. 713; Makārim Shīrāzī, ‘’Tafsīr-i nimūna’’, vol. 11, p. 419.</ref> | ||
== Merits and Benefits == | == Merits and Benefits == | ||
It is narrated from the [[Prophet (s)]] that God will not reckon the blessings which He gives him in this world and his [[reward]] will be like the rewards of a person who passes away this world while he makes a good will. Also, it is narrated from [[Imam al-Baqir (a)]] that whoever recites Sura al-Nahl every month, will not receive any harm in this world and will be away from seventy kinds of afflictions, the mildest of which would be insanity, leprosy and vitiligo, and his abode will be Eden located between other [[paradise]]s. In ''[[Makarim al-akhlaq]]'', [[al-Tabrisi]] mentioned benefits for recitation of this sura such as staying safe from temptations of Satan and his armies. | It is narrated from the [[Prophet (s)]] that God will not reckon the blessings which He gives him in this world and his [[reward]] will be like the rewards of a person who passes away this world while he makes a good will.<ref>Ṭabrisī, ‘’Majmaʿ al-bayān’’, vol. 6, p. 535.</ref> Also, it is narrated from [[Imam al-Baqir (a)]] that whoever recites Sura al-Nahl every month, will not receive any harm in this world and will be away from seventy kinds of afflictions, the mildest of which would be insanity, leprosy and vitiligo, and his abode will be Eden located between other [[paradise]]s.<ref>Ṭabrisī, ‘’Majmaʿ al-bayān’’, vol. 6, p. 535.</ref> In ''[[Makarim al-akhlaq]]'', [[al-Tabrisi]] mentioned benefits for recitation of this sura such as staying safe from temptations of Satan and his armies. | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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* | *Īrawānī, Muḥammad Bāqir. ‘’Durūs tamhīdīyya fī tafsīr āyāt al-aḥkām’’. Qom: Dār al-Fiqh, 1423 AH. | ||
*Khurramshāhī, Bahāʾ al-Dīn. ‘’Dānishnāma-yi Qurʾān wa Qurʾān pazhūhī’’. Tehran: Dūstān-Nāhīd, 1377 Sh. | |||
*Makārim Shīrāzī, Nāṣir. ‘’Tafsīr-i nimūna’’. Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmīyya, 1374 Sh. | |||
*Maʿrifat, Muḥammad Hādī. ‘’Āmūzish-i ʿulūm-i Qurʾān’’. [n.p]: Markaz Chāp wa Nashr-i Sāzmān-i Tablīghāt, 1371 Sh. | |||
*Ṭabrisī, Faḍl b. al-Ḥasan al-. ‘’Majmaʿ al-bayān fī tafsīr al-Qurʾān’’. Edited by Muḥammad Jawād Balāghī. Third edition. Tehran: Intishārāt-i Nāṣir Khusru, 1373 Sh. | |||
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