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AL-BALAD ([This] Countryside)

The Surah has been so named after the wordal balad in the first verse.

AL- GHASHIYAH (The Pall)

The Surah takes its name from the word al-ghishiyah in the first verse.

Al-TARIQ (The Nightcomer)

The Surah taken its name from the wordal-tariq in its first verse.

AL-FAJR (Daybreak)

The Surah is so designated after the wordwal-fajr with which it opens.

Surah Al-Mutaffifin (The Cheatsor: Cheating)

It is derived from the very first verse; Wayl-ul-lil mutaffifin.

Al-TAKWIR

It is derived from the word kuwwirat in the first verse .Kuwwirat is passive voice from takwir in the past tense, and means "that which is folded up", thereby implying that it is a Surah in which the "folding up" has been mentioned:

AL-MULK(Sovereignty)

The Surah takes its nameal-Mulk from the very first sentence.

AL-MUMTAHINAH (Examining Her)

In verse 10 of this Surah it has been enjoined that the women who emigrate to dar al-Islam (the Islamic State) and claim to be Muslims, should be examined hence the title Al-Mumtahinah. The word is pronounced both as mumtahinah and as mumtahanah, the meaning according to the first pronunciation being "the Surah which examines", and according to the second, and "the woman who is examined."

AL-HASHR (Banishment)

The Surah derives its name from the mention of the wordal-hashr in verse thereby implying that it is the Surah in which the wordal-hashr has occurred.

AR-RAHMAN (The Mercy-Giving)

This Surah is entitled Ar-Rahman, the word with which it begins. This title, however, deeply relates to the subject matter of the Surah too, for in it, from the beginning to the end, the manifestations and fruits of Allah's attribute of mercy and grace have been mentioned.

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