الم ﴿۱﴾ ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدًى لِلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿۲﴾
﴾1﴿Alif-Laaam-Meeem
﴾2﴿Zaalikal Kitaabu laa raiba feeh; hudal lilmuttaqeen
﴾1﴿ Alif-Laaam-Meeem
﴾2﴿ This book is complete. There is no doubt in it.
It shows the path of (taqwa) for the God-fearing.
Names of this Surah: Fustat al-Quran (The Grand Tent), Sanam al-Quran (The Elevated Place), Zahra (Radiant), and Al-Baqarah.
Relevancy:
The connection of this Surah with the previous one is that this Surah gives details while the previous one was a summary. There, guidance was requested, and here, guidance is explained. There, it was “Lord of the Worlds,” and here, the details of Lordship are given. There, it was “You alone we worship,” and here, the establishment of monotheism in worship is proven.
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Claim of this surah:
It proves monotheism, prophethood, and spending in the way of Allah. Monotheism is proven in ten ways, and each of these three themes is mentioned four times.
General Summary of the Surah: First is the invitation to the Quran, then the invitation to the purpose of the Quran which is monotheism, as well as the necessity of Khilafah (Caliphate) to implement the Quran's objective. After that come commands and prohibitions for the preservation of Khilafah. Then, special blessings for the rightful Khilafah are mentioned. Afterwards, fifty vices and impurities of the Children of Israel are listed, which led to the fall of their Khilafah. Then, the refinement of morals, political matters, and household management necessary for establishing the Khilafah are discussed, followed by fighting, performing Hajj, and finally, to strengthen the Khilafah, spending in the way of Allah is emphasized. -
Summary of the surah:
This Surah has four sections. In the first section, there are four parts. The first part of the first section is up to verse 20 – three attributes of the Book of Allah, five attributes of the believers and their reward, then three attributes of the disbelievers and their punishment, then fifteen attributes of the hypocrites and their punishment, and at the end, examples are mentioned -
[1] These are disjointed letters. According to most scholars, they are among the ambiguous verses whose true knowledge is exclusively with Allah, the Exalted.
One of the wisdoms behind them is that they serve as a reminder of the miraculous nature of the Noble Quran—this Book is composed of the same letters that people use in their speech, yet they are unable to produce a composition like it.
Most scholars have favored this interpretation. These disjointed letters appear at the beginning of thirty-one Surahs, and when repetition is removed, they consist of fourteen letters. These fourteen contain nearly all the phonetic characteristics of the entire Arabic alphabet.
[2] In this verse, there is encouragement toward the Noble Qur'an by mentioning three of its attributes.
First, it is a complete book.
Second, there is no doubt in it.
Third, it contains complete guidance—meaning it shows the path of piety to those who seek it, and it keeps firm those who have already attained this path.
(رَيْبَ) means doubt accompanied by denial and accusation, and here the intended meaning is such doubt.
However, the opponents expressed this kind of doubt, so the verse negates the presence of any doubt.
(لِلْمُتَّقِينَ) – A muttaqi (pious person) has three levels:
First, one who protects themselves from all forms of shirk (polytheism) and disbelief.
Second, one who fulfills commands and avoids prohibitions.
Third, one who even avoids doubtful matters.
Therefore, in all these states, the muttaqi remains in need of the guidance of the Qur'an.
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