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Al-Hijr, The Stoneland, The Rock City") is the 15th sura of the Qur'an .1It has 99 ayat.2It is a Makkan sura . v t e3
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Sura Al-Hijr ( , Sūratu al-Hijr , "The Stoneland ") is the 15th sura of the Qur'an . It has 99 ayat . It is a Makkan sura believed to have been received by the Prophet shortly after the 12th sura (Yusuf), Muhammad 's last year in Mecca.Like the other sura of this period it praises Allah the creator.
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Surah Al-Hijr ( , Sūratu al-Hijr , "The Stoneland ") is the 15th surah of the Qur'an . It has 99 ayat . It is a Makkan surah believed to have been received by Muhammad shortly after the 12th surah ( Yusuf ), Muhammad's last year in Mecca.It is an early Makki surah, which means that its revelation to Muhammad occurred within the confines of the city of Makkah.Like the other surah of this period, it praises God .A quality of Makkan-Quran is that the ayat – or the verses – are shorter and the rhyme and ryhting of the surah is more efficient and quicker.
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15th chapter of the Qur'an "Q15" redirects here.Al-Ḥijr (ِ ) is the 15th Quranic chapter ( sūrah ).It has 99 verses ( āyāt ).Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation ( asbāb al-nuzūl ), it is an earlier Meccan surah , believed to have been received by Prophet Muhammad shortly after chapter 12, Yusuf , during his last year in Mecca.Like other surahs of this period, it praises God .Parts of Q15:4-74 are preserved in the Ṣan‘ā’1 lower text .Behnam Sadeghi & Mohsen Goudarzi, " Sana'a and the Origins of the Qu'ran ", Der Islam , 87 (2012), 37.
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15th chapter of the Qur'an This article is about the Quranic sura. Al-Ḥijr ( ) is the 15th Quranic chapter ( sūrah ). It has 99 verses ( āyāt ). Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation ( asbāb al-nuzūl ), it is an earlier Meccan surah , believed to have been received by the Islamic prophet Muhammad shortly after chapter 12, Yusuf , during his last year in Mecca. Like other surahs of this period, it praises God . Parts of Q15:4-74 are preserved in the Ṣan‘ā’1 lower text . George Sale translation : Al Hejr Ibn Kathir . Behnam Sadeghi & Mohsen Goudarzi, " Sana'a and the Origins of the Qu'ran ", Der Islam , 87 (2012), 37.
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15th chapter of the Qur'an This article is about the Quranic sura. Al-Ḥijr ( Arabic : الحِجْرْ , lit. ' The Stoneland ' ) is the 15th sūrah ( chapter of the Quran ).It has 99 āyāt (verses).Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation ( asbāb al-nuzūl ), it is an Meccan surah revealed during the mid period and received by Muhammad shortly after chapter 12, Yusuf , during his last year in Mecca. Like other surahs of this period, it praises God . Parts of Q15:4-74 are preserved in the Ṣan‘ā’1 lower text . This surah takes its name from 80th verse ( āyah ), which refers to Mada'in Saleh , a pre-Islamic archaeological site, also called Hegra (from Arabic : الحِجَارَة , romanized : al-ḥijāra , lit. ' the Stones ' ) or al-Ḥijr ( Arabic : الحِجر , romanized : al-ḥijr , lit. ' the Stone ' ).
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the 15th sura of the qur'an
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bout the quranic sura
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