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*'''Naming''' | *'''Naming''' | ||
The sura is called "Qaf" because it opens with the disjoined letter, "qaf." It is also called "Basiqat" (tall trees) because the word occurs in the sura, which is its only occurrence in the whole Qur'an. | The sura is called "Qaf" because it opens with the disjoined letter, "qaf."<ref>Khurramshāhī, "Sura-yi Qaf," p. 1252.</ref> It is also called "Basiqat" (tall trees) because the word occurs in the sura,<ref>Khurramshāhī, "Sura-yi Qaf," p. 1252.</ref> which is its only occurrence in the whole Qur'an.<ref>Khurramshāhī, "Sura-yi Qaf," p. 1252.</ref> | ||
*'''Place and Order of Revelation''' | *'''Place and Order of Revelation''' | ||
Sura Qaf is a [[Makki sura]] of the Qur'an. In the [[order of revelation]], it is the thirty forth sura [[revealed]] to the [[Prophet (s)]]. In the present order of compilation, it is the fiftieth sura in the twenty sixth juz' of the Qur'an. | Sura Qaf is a [[Makki sura]] of the Qur'an. In the [[order of revelation]], it is the thirty forth sura [[revealed]] to the [[Prophet (s)]]. In the present order of compilation, it is the fiftieth sura in the twenty sixth juz' of the Qur'an.<ref> Maʿrifat, ''Āmūzish-i ʿulūm Qurʾān'', vol.2, p. 166.</ref> | ||
*'''Number of Verses and Other Features''' | *'''Number of Verses and Other Features''' | ||
Sura Qaf has 45 verses, 373 words, and 1507 letters. With respect to size, it is one of the [[Mufassalat suras]], occupying about half a [[hizb]] of the Qur'an. It is the 28th of the 29 suras opening with disjoined letters. And it is the sixth of the twenty three suras opening with [[oath]]s. | Sura Qaf has 45 verses, 373 words, and 1507 letters. With respect to size, it is one of the [[Mufassalat suras]], occupying about half a [[hizb]] of the Qur'an.<ref>Khurramshāhī, "Sura-yi Qaf," p. 1252.</ref> It is the 28th of the 29 suras opening with disjoined letters. And it is the sixth of the twenty three suras opening with [[oath]]s.<ref>Ṣafawī, "Sura-yi Qāf," p. 782.</ref> | ||
==Content== | ==Content== | ||