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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
*'''Naming''' | |||
This sura is named al-Ahzab, because a significant part of it is about the battle of Ahzab (also called the battle of Khandaq).<ref>Makārim Shīrāzī, ''Tafsīr-i nimūna'', vol. 17, p. 183.</ref> The word "al-ahzab" meaning "confederates" is mentioned twice in this sura.<ref>Khurramshāhī, ''Dānishnāma-yi Qur’ān'', vol. 2, p. 1246.</ref>{{enote|They suppose the confederates (Ahzab) have not left yet, and were the confederates to come [again], they would wish they were in the desert with the Bedouins asking about your news.(verses 20), But when the faithful saw the confederates, they said, ‘This is what Allah and His Apostle had promised us (verse 21)}}. | This sura is named al-Ahzab, because a significant part of it is about the battle of Ahzab (also called the battle of Khandaq).<ref>Makārim Shīrāzī, ''Tafsīr-i nimūna'', vol. 17, p. 183.</ref> The word "al-ahzab" meaning "confederates" is mentioned twice in this sura.<ref>Khurramshāhī, ''Dānishnāma-yi Qur’ān'', vol. 2, p. 1246.</ref>{{enote|They suppose the confederates (Ahzab) have not left yet, and were the confederates to come [again], they would wish they were in the desert with the Bedouins asking about your news.(verses 20), But when the faithful saw the confederates, they said, ‘This is what Allah and His Apostle had promised us (verse 21)}}. | ||
*'''Order and Place of Revelation''' | |||
Sura al-Ahzab is a [[Madani sura]] and the ninetieth sura [[revealed]] to the Prophet (s). In the current order of compilation,<ref>Maʿrifat, ''Āmūzish-i ʿulūm-i Qur’an'', vol. 2, p. 166.</ref> This is thirty third sura, located in juz's 21 and 22. | Sura al-Ahzab is a [[Madani sura]] and the ninetieth sura [[revealed]] to the Prophet (s). In the current order of compilation,<ref>Maʿrifat, ''Āmūzish-i ʿulūm-i Qur’an'', vol. 2, p. 166.</ref> This is thirty third sura, located in juz's 21 and 22. | ||
*'''Number of Verses and Other Features''' | |||
Sura al-Ahzab has seventy three verses, 1307 words and 5787 letters. Regarding volume, it is among [[Mathani suras]].<ref>Khurramshāhī, ''Dānishnāma-yi Qur’ān'', vol. 2, p. 1246.</ref> | Sura al-Ahzab has seventy three verses, 1307 words and 5787 letters. Regarding volume, it is among [[Mathani suras]].<ref>Khurramshāhī, ''Dānishnāma-yi Qur’ān'', vol. 2, p. 1246.</ref> | ||