Quran Chapter 99: Surah Az-Zalzalah (The Eart...

Name This Surah is named AL-FATIHAH because of its subject-matter. Fatihah is that which opens a subject or a book or any other thing. In other words, Al-Fatihah is a sort of preface. Period of Revelation It is one of the very earliest Revelations to the Holy Prophet. As a matter ...  Show more

(2:1) Alif, Lam, Mim. (2:2) This is the Book of Allah, there is no doubt in it; it is a guidance for the pious, (2:3) for those who believe in the existence of that which is beyond the reach of perception, who establish Prayer and spend out of what We have provided them, (2:4) wh ...  Show more

There is some scholarly dispute about whether this chapter was revealed in Mecca or Medina. In general, chapters revealed in Medina emphasized establishing an Islamic society. The earlier Meccan chapters presented the fundamentals of Islam in a concise and effective way, this inc ...  Show more

The chapter was revealed in Mecca. It emphasizes the fact that people will be confronted by their deeds on Judgement Day, asserts the truth of the Quran, and calls people to the right path. It opens with a powerful description of events on that Day, and the title of the chapter i ...  Show more

The Striking Hour is a short Meccan chapter of eleven verses. As is the case with most Meccan chapters, this chapter also focuses on the fundamental beliefs of Islam. In this chapter we are presented with scenes from the Day of Judgment and confronted by the possibility of a shoc ...  Show more

This chapter sits in the middle of five chapters, all thought to have been revealed in Mecca, in the earliest days of revelation. It is a fifty-verse chapter that takes its name from the first words of the first verse, ‘By the winds sent forth.’ It strings together a series of im ...  Show more