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- Verses 1 - 9: Translation and Commentary: -

- Surah Al-Mu'min: Characteristics and Merits
- Protection Against Everything Unwelcome
- Protection Against an Enemy
- A Strange Event
- The Effect of These Verses in Reforming People, and a Great Directive of Sayyidna 'Umar (Radhi Allahu 'Anh)
- A Warning
- Explanation of Verses

Surah Al-Mu'min

(The Believer)

or

Surah Ghafir

(The Forgiver)

Surah Al-Mu'min is Makki, and it has 85 verses and 9 sections

With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful

Verses 1 - 9

Ha Mini. [1] This is revelation of the Book from Allah, the Mighty, the All-Knowing, [2] the One who forgives sins and accepts repentance, the One who is severe in punishment, the One who is the source of all power. There is no god but He. To Him is the ultimate return (of all). [3] No one quarrels about the verses of Allah, except those who disbelieve. So, their (prosperous) movements in the cities should not deceive you. [4] Before these, the people of Nuh and the groups after them had rejected (the messengers). And every group intended to seize their messenger, and raised disputes on the basis of falsehood, so that they might refute the truth with it, hence I seized them. So, how was My punishment? [5] And similarly, the word of your Lord has become due against those who disbelieve, that they are the people of the Fire. [6]

Those who are bearing the Throne and those who are around it pronounce the purity of your Lord alongwith His praise, and believe in Him, and pray for the forgiveness of those who believe: "Our Lord, Your mercy and knowledge comprehends everything, so forgive those who repent and follow Your way, and save them from the punishment of the Fire. [7] And, our Lord, admit them to the eternal gardens of Jannah that You have promised for them, and (admit) those as well who did good from among their fathers and wives and children. You, only You, are the Mighty, the Wise, [8] and save them from evils (of punishment). And whomsoever you save from evils that day, it is surely because you bless him with mercy. And that is the great achievement indeed. [9]

Commentary

Surah Al-Mu'min: Characteristics and Merits

From here (40) to Surah Al-Ahqaf (46) starts a series of seven Surahs that begin with the isolated letters: (Ha Mim). These are called: (Al Ha Mim) or (hawamim). Sayyidna 'Abdullah Ibn Mas' ud said, (Al Ha Mim) is: (dibaj-ul- Qur'an): Dibaj, in Arabic, is the cloth of pure silk, and here it signifies embellishment. Mis'ar Ibn Kidam says, 'These are called: ('ara'is: brides).' Sayyidna Ibn 'Abbas said, 'Every thing has an essence. The essence of the Qur'an lies in (Al Ha Mim)' or said, (hawamim).' All these reports appear in Fada'il-ul-Qur'an by the great scholar, Abu 'Ubaid Qasim Ibn Sallam.

And Sayyidna 'Abdullah (Ibn Mas'ud) said that the example of the Qur'an is similar to that of a person who started out to look for a place where he and his family could live. Here, he finds some green open land and is pleased with it. Then, he moves ahead, and finds gardens and settling places far more verdant and growth-prone. He says, 'I was wondering about the greenery produced by rains that I saw first, but these are more wonderful'. Then, it would be said to him, 'The first all green layout is like the Qur'an in general, and the gardens and lodges are like (Al Ha Mim) from out of the Qur'an.' Therefore, Sayyidna 'Abdullah Ibn Mas'ud said, 'As for me, when I, during the recitation of the Qur'an, arrive at: (Al Ha Mim), it is as if I am enjoying myself.'