Sura al-Hajj: Difference between revisions

The name "al-Hajj" is adopted from verse twenty seven of the sura. Moreover, this naming is made due to the importance of hajj and the existence of some rules of hajj in verses twenty five to thirty seven and also the announcement of the public order for hajj.

Sura al-Hajj is a Madani sura and it was the 104th sura [[revealed]] to the Prophet (s). In the [[current order of compilation]], This sure is twenty second sura of the Qur'an located in [[juz']] seventeen.

Authors of the history of the Qur'an disagree on whether this sura is [[Makki]] or [[Madani]]. Some consider it, Makki except some of its verses and some others believe that except some verses, the rest of the sura was revealed in Medina due to the relation of its verses with the situation of Muslims in Medina, the emphasis of some verses on the issue of [[jihad]], giving the order about hajj as an [[obligation]] and explaining its details. [[Allama Tabataba'i]] too, believed that the context of the sura suggests that it was revealed in Medina at the beginning of the [[immigration of the Prophet (s)]], before the [[battle of Badr]].

"Sura al-Hajj" has seventy eight verses, 1282 words and 5315 letters. Regarding volume, it is among [[Mathani suras]] and is average in size and takes exactly half of one juz'.