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''' | '''Sūra al-Mursalāt''' (Arabic: {{ia|سورة المرسلات}}) is the seventy seventh [[sura]] of the [[Qur'an]]. It is [[Makki]] and located in [[juz']] twenty nine. The word "mursalat" means "messengers" and is mentioned in the first [[verse]] of this sura. Sura al-Mursalat emphasizes the happening of the [[Judgement Day]] and repeatedly warns the deniers. This sura also mentions the actions and signs of wrongdoers and the [[Taqwa|God-wary]] and speaks about their destinies. About the merits of the [[recitation]] of this sura, it is transmitted from the [[Prophet (s)]] that whoever recites Sura al-Mursalat, it will be written in his destiny that he would not be among [[polytheists]]. | ||
== Naming == | == Naming == | ||
This sura is named al-Mursalat (the messengers) because, at the beginning of the sura, it has been sworn upon them. Another name of this sura is '''al-Urf''' (Arabic: {{ia|العُرف}}) which is mentioned in the first verse of this sura.<ref>Khurramshāhī, ''Dānishnāma-yi Qurʾān'', vol. 2, p. 1260.</ref> | This sura is named al-Mursalat (the messengers) because, at the beginning of the sura, it has been [[swear|sworn]] upon them. Another name of this sura is '''al-Urf''' (Arabic: {{ia|العُرف}}) which is mentioned in the first verse of this sura.<ref>Khurramshāhī, ''Dānishnāma-yi Qurʾān'', vol. 2, p. 1260.</ref> | ||
== Place and Order of Revelation == | == Place and Order of Revelation == | ||
Sura al-Mursalat is a [[Makki sura]]. It was the | Sura al-Mursalat is a [[Makki sura]]. It was the thirty third sura [[revealed]] to the [[Prophet (s)]]. it is the seventy seventh sura in the [[current compilation of the Quran]],<ref>Maʿrifat, ''Āmūzish-i ʿulūm-i Qurʾān'', vol. 2, p. 168.</ref> located in juz' twenty nine. | ||
== Number of Verses and Other Features == | == Number of Verses and Other Features == | ||
Sura al-Mursalat has | Sura al-Mursalat has fifty verses, 181 words, and 841 letters. Regarding volume, this sura is among [[Mufassalat suras]] (having several short verses). In the first five verses of this sura, five different issues have been sworn upon.<ref>Khurramshāhī, ''Dānishnāma-yi Qurʾān'', vol. 2, p. 1260.</ref> | ||
== Content == | == Content == | ||
Sura al-Mursalat greatly emphasizes on the happening of the [[Judgement Day]] and its signs, and mentions the gifts of God to the human being and speaks about the actions and signs of wrongdoers and the God-wary and the final destinies of the two groups. This sura mentions the emphasis on the Judgement Day together with a serious warning of the deniers of the Judgement Day and good promises to others; however, it mostly warns the deniers; as the verse of "Woe to the deniers on that day!" is repeated | Sura al-Mursalat greatly emphasizes on the happening of the [[Judgement Day]] and its signs, and mentions the gifts of God to the human being and speaks about the actions and signs of wrongdoers and the God-wary and the final destinies of the two groups. This sura mentions the emphasis on the Judgement Day together with a serious warning of the deniers of the Judgement Day and good promises to others; however, it mostly warns the deniers; as the verse of "Woe to the deniers on that day!" is repeated ten times throughout the sura.<ref>Ṭabāṭabāyī, ''al-Mīzān'', vol. 20, p. 144.</ref> | ||
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