Ar Fa

holy

Saba' (Sheba)

The Surah takes its name from verse 15 in which the word Saba has occurred which implies that it is the Sura in which mention has been made of Saba (i. e. the Sabeans).

Ha-Mim (Worship-Bowing Down on one's knees)

The name of this Surah is composed of two words, Ha-Mim and As-Sajdah, which implies that it is a Surah which begins with Ha-Mim and in which a verse requiring the performance of sajdah (prostration) has occurred.

Rum (The [East] Romans)

The Surah takes its name" Al-Rum" from the second verse in which the words ghulib-at-ir-Rum (The Byzantines have been defeated) have occurred.

Mu'minun (Believers)

The surah takes its name Al-Mu'minun from the first verse.

Anbiya' (Prophets)

The name of this Surah has not been taken from any verse but it has been called Al-Anbiya' because it contains a continuous account of many Anbiya' (Prophets). Nevertheless it is a symbolic name and not a title.

Surah Hud

This Sura has been named after Prophet Hud whose story has been related in vv. 50-60. If we consider its theme deeply we come to the conclusion that it was revealed during the same period as Surah Yunus and most probably followed it immediately.

Hijr (Stoneland)

This Surah takes its name from v. 80.

Imam Al-Mahdi Al-Muntadhar (a.s) (part 1)

The promised Mahdi, who is usually mentioned by his title of Imam-i 'Asr (the Imam of the "Period") and Sahib al-Zaman (the Lord of the Age), is the son of the eleventh Imam.

Commencement of Imam Mahdi’s Imamate (Part 2)

The Prophet further elaborates, “Beware of doubting, for to doubt the order of God, the Mighty, the Sublime, is apostasy (Kufr). Ibn Khaldun also states that “When imprisoned with his mother in the house, he entered a sort of well or pit in the house that his family occupies at Samarrah, Iraq, and there he disappeared, but he is to come forth at the end of the age to fill the earth with justice”.

Imam Al-Mahdi: The Awaited Hope for Humanity (part 1)

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