Al Quran (Chapter 37): Surah As Saffat [Those arranged in Ranks]

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Surah Learning Outlines: HIGHLIGHTS STRUCTURE MESSAGE REFERENCES QUIZ
16th Ramadan, 1441 (9th May, 2020)
Al Quran
Total Surah
114
Total Makkiyah
86 (75.4%)
Total Madniyah
28 (24.6%)
Al Quran (Chapter 37): Surah As Saffat (‫)الصافات‬
Dr. Jameel G. JargarAl Quran Learning

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Name taken from Verse 1 where there is a mention of the word “As-Saffat”. But It
does not mean that this name is actual topic discussed in the whole Surah. While
there are diversified topics discussed in it.
37. Surah As Saffat (‫)الصافات‬ Highlights Main Topics
Disbelievers Denial Here and Their Situation In Hashr [Last Day]
Scene of Paradise & Hell
Ref.: 1
Yunus (AS) [Jonah] Story: Runaway in a Ship, Swallowed by Fish
Dr. Jameel G. Jargar
Prediction of Victory for Every Messenger
Zaqqum Tree
Ibrahim (AS) [Abraham] Story: Idol Breaking, Fire and His Trial of
Sacrificing his Son

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Qira'at
by Sheikh Abdur-Rahman As-Sudais
Click Here
(Duration 00:12:46)
Translation in English
Click Here
(Duration 00:25:54)
37. Surah As Saffat (‫)الصافات‬ Highlights Listening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC2AluC
UJw4&list=PL081466B83241D2C5&index=37
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSUBjPsSVto
Translation in Urdu
Click Here
(Duration 00:36:36)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ4EBxM8eCk&list=PL0QogTHg
GHMXdN8Z_0HFoDfpSLQYFNaiZ&index=37

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37. Surah As Saffat (‫)الصافات‬ Highlights Elucidation
Tafsir in Urdu
by Ibn e Kaseer
Click Here
(Duration 02:00:21)
Surah Quiz
See Slides 11-12
Surah As Saffat v. 37:4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUHJoN2Ojic&list=PLtbtLw
UBNoYASZApedqcPhToOuE1XNNhW&index=60

1 Name ‫الصافات‬
( As Saffat)
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English
Meaning
Those arranged
in Ranks
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Urdu
Meaning
‫والو‬ ‫باندھنے‬ ‫صف‬
[Saff bandhane wale]
4 Origin, Year Makkah, 3- 2 BH [Before Hijri] (619- 620 AD)
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Asbāb
al-Nuzūl
(Context)
The Surah speaks about the unity of Allah (‫)ﷻ‬ in very strong terms. It
talks about the teachings of various prophets of Allah (‫.)ﷻ‬ All of them
preached the same message. It gives warnings to the non-believers that
their plots against the message of Islam will not work. Truth will prevail.
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Ref.: 1
37. Surah As Saffat (‫)الصافات‬ Structure Meaning
Ref.: 2

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6
Ayat (verses) 182
Kalimat (words) 865
Huroof (letters) 3899
Ref.: 1, 3 & pg. 17-19
Al Quran
Total Ayat: 6236
Al Quran
Total Kalimat: 77797
Al Quran
Total Huroof: 330709
37. Surah As Saffat (‫)الصافات‬ Structure Statistics

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6
Ruku
(sections)
5
i.e. 388th - 392nd out of 558
Sajdah Tilawat
(prostration)
----
Wahy order
(revelation)
56th
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Hurooful
Muqatta’at
(secret letters)
----
Ref.: 4, 5, 6 & pg. 20
Ref.: 8
Ref.: 7
Al Quran
Total Muqattat: 29
Al Quran
Total Ruku: 558
Al Quran
Total Sajdah: 14
Ref.: 9
37. Surah As Saffat (‫)الصافات‬ Structure Statistics
Al Quran
Total Surah: 114
Previous (in surah 36) Next (in surah 38)
Previous (in surah 32) Next (in surah 38)

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8 Manzil (Portion)/ 7
6th (includes 13 chapters from Surah 37 to 49)
i.e. 6 / 7
9 Juz (Part) / 30
23rd (Wa-Ma li, 36:28-83 & 37:1-182 & 38:1-88 & 39:1-39)
i.e. 23 / 30
10 Hizb (Group) / 60
45th (36:28-83 & 37:1-144)
46th (37:145-182 & 38:1-88 & 39:1-31)
i.e. 45-46 / 60
Answer: Please follow mentioned Manzil, Juz and Hizb respectively.
Question: How to Read Al Quran in 7, 30 and 60 days?
37. Surah As Saffat (‫)الصافات‬ Structure Reading

 The Lord of the heaven and earth is one Allah (‫.)ﷻ‬ The mockers at
the Prophet of Allah (‫)ﷻ‬ will one day see the truth. The Day of
Judgment will dawn suddenly.
 The guilty shall be punished and virtuous will be rewarded.
 Allah (‫)ﷻ‬ delivered Prophet Nuh (AS) [Noah] from his enemies.
Prophet Ibrahim (AS) [Abraham]'s encounter with idolatry. The test
of Prophet Ibrahim (AS). His willingness to sacrifice his son.
 How Allah (‫)ﷻ‬ delivered Prophets Musa (AS) [Moses], Harun (AS)
[Aaron], Ilyas (AS) [Elias] & Lut (AS) [Lot] and punished their enemies.
 How Prophet Yunus (AS) [Jonah] was delivered from the belly of the
whale. Angels are not Allah (‫')ﷻ‬s daughters; they are Allah (‫')ﷻ‬s
servants. Allah (‫')ﷻ‬s messengers will succeed.
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Ref.: 2
37. Surah As Saffat (‫)الصافات‬ Message

Learning One Ayat of Al Quran & Implementing in your Life is Better than Praying 100 Rakats (Nawaafil) of Salaat.
(Ibn Majah,Chapter 16, Hadith 219) 10
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2. Ismail (as) was willing to be sacrificed by Ibrahim (as). What was the
key word he said on being patient?
Answer: In Sha Allah.
1. What did the dsbelievers do when it is said to them, “La ilaha IllAllah”?
Answer: They puffed themselves up with pride.
Explanation: Surah 37:verse 102
َ‫أ‬ ‫ي‬ِ‫ن‬َ‫أ‬ ِ‫َام‬‫ن‬َ‫م‬ْ‫ال‬ ‫ي‬ِ‫ف‬ ٰ‫ى‬َ‫ر‬َ‫أ‬ ‫ي‬ِ‫ن‬ِ‫إ‬ َّ‫ي‬َ‫ن‬ُ‫ب‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ي‬ َ‫ل‬‫ا‬َ‫ق‬ َ‫ي‬ْ‫ع‬َّ‫س‬‫ال‬ ُ‫ه‬َ‫ع‬َ‫م‬ َ‫غ‬َ‫ل‬َ‫ب‬ ‫ا‬َّ‫م‬َ‫ل‬َ‫ف‬َ‫ل‬‫ا‬َ‫ق‬ ٰ‫ى‬َ‫َر‬َ ‫ا‬َ‫ْذ‬‫ا‬َ‫م‬ ْ‫ر‬ُُ‫ان‬َ‫ف‬ َََُُ‫ب‬ْ‫ْذ‬َُ ‫ا‬َ‫م‬ ْ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬ْ‫ف‬‫ا‬ ِ‫ت‬َ‫ب‬َ‫أ‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ي‬ُ‫ر‬َ‫م‬ْ‫ْؤ‬
َ‫ين‬ ِ‫ر‬ِ‫ب‬‫ا‬َّ‫ص‬‫ال‬ َ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ ُ َّ‫َّللا‬ َ‫ء‬‫َا‬‫ش‬ ‫ن‬ِ‫إ‬ ‫ي‬ِ‫ن‬ُ‫د‬ ِ‫َج‬ََ‫س‬-37:102
(And when he reached with him [the age of] exertion, he said, "O my son, indeed I have seen
in a dream that I [must] sacrifice you, so see what you think." He said, "O my father, do as
you are commanded. You will find me, if Allah wills, of the steadfast.")
37. Surah As Saffat (‫)الصافات‬ Quiz
Ref.: STAND UP 4 ISLAM
َ‫ون‬ُ‫ر‬ِ‫ب‬ْ‫ك‬ََْ‫س‬َ‫ي‬ ُ َّ‫َّللا‬ َّ‫َل‬ِ‫إ‬ َ‫ه‬َٰ‫ل‬ِ‫إ‬ َ‫َل‬ ْ‫م‬ُ‫ه‬َ‫ل‬ َ‫ل‬‫ي‬ِ‫ق‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ْذ‬ِ‫إ‬ ‫وا‬ُ‫ن‬‫ا‬َ‫ك‬ ْ‫م‬ُ‫ه‬َّ‫ن‬ِ‫إ‬-37:35
(Indeed they, when it was said to them, "There is no deity but Allah," were
arrogant)

ALLAH (‫)ﷻ‬ Wants From Us is Progress Not Perfection , so Keep Learning Al Quran
Focus on Improvement, Don’t Stick to Strict Rules and Discipline
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37. Surah As Saffat (‫)الصافات‬ Quiz
Ref.: STAND UP 4 ISLAM
3. Which idol did the people of Prophet Ilyas (as) worship?
Answer: B’al.
َ‫ُون‬‫ع‬ْ‫د‬َََ‫أ‬ً‫ل‬ْ‫ع‬َ‫ب‬َ‫ون‬ُ‫ر‬َ‫ْذ‬ََ َ‫و‬َ‫ن‬َ‫س‬َُْ‫أ‬َ‫ِين‬‫ق‬ِ‫ل‬‫َا‬‫خ‬ْ‫ال‬-37:125
(Do you call upon Ba'l and leave the best of creators.)
4. If Prophet Yunus (as) did not praise Allah, how long would he have
remained in the belly of the whale? Answer: until the Day of Judgement.
َ‫ث‬ِ‫ب‬َ‫ل‬َ‫ل‬‫ي‬ِ‫ف‬ِ‫ه‬ِ‫ن‬ْ‫ط‬َ‫ب‬ٰ‫ى‬َ‫ل‬ِ‫إ‬ِ‫م‬ ْ‫و‬َ‫ي‬َ‫ون‬ُ‫ث‬َ‫ع‬ْ‫ب‬ُ‫ي‬-37:144
(He would have remained inside its belly until the Day they are resurrected.)
5. Are angels male or female?
Answer: They have no identified gender but in the Qur’an it says they are not female.
ْ‫م‬َ‫أ‬‫َا‬‫ن‬ْ‫ق‬َ‫ل‬َ‫خ‬َ‫ة‬َ‫ك‬ِ‫ئ‬ َ‫ل‬َ‫م‬ْ‫ال‬‫ا‬ً‫ث‬‫َا‬‫ن‬ِ‫إ‬ْ‫م‬ُ‫ه‬ َ‫و‬َ‫ُون‬‫د‬ِ‫ه‬‫َا‬‫ش‬-37:150
(Or did We create the angels as females while they were witnesses?")

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13Ref: Secrets / Effects of Al Quran Learning/Listening on Human Physiology

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Ref: Physiology/Secrets of the Heart

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Did you know?
Purification
Thoughts Heart
Al Quran Learning
Teach Us How To Think

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The following verse refers to the creation of human beings from water: “It is He Who has
Created man from water: Then has He established Relationships of lineage And marriage: for
thy Lord Has power (over all things).” [Al-Qur’aan 25:54]
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Ref The Qur'aan And Human Physiology (Body Fluids)

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Explanation About Total number of Ayat (verses) in Al Quran (Click Here)
Scholars have different opinions about the number of the Quranic verses.
But this conflict is just about “numerating” the verses.
Here are some points about the difference:
a) Some scholars numerated the long sentences as 2 or 3 verses, while some others regarded
them as 1 whole verse.
b) Besides, Shafii scholars regarded “Bismillah r- Rahman-ir-Rahim” as a part of each sura and
didn’t numerate them. But the Hanafi scholarsregarded each “Bismillah r- Rahman-ir-Rahim”
as specific verses, so counted them.
c) It’s the same about the hurooful muqattaa (some secret letters which are written in the
beginning of some suras like ”Ya sin, ha mim”.) Some scholars numerated them as specific
verses, while the others not.
The number of the verses according to Scholars:
 Ibn-i-Abbas (RA): 6616
 Nafi (RA): 6217
 Shayba (RA): 6214
 Scholars of Egypt (RA): 6226 17

 Zamahshari (RA) (the genius Eloquence Scholar of the Arabic language and literature): 6666.
 Bediuzzaman, mujaddid (the reformer) of the 13 century, also has the opinion of 6666 verses.
 Ibn-i Huzeyme (one of the big imams) made the following explanations on “6666” issue while
handling the “Quran’s miracle of number” topic of his book titled “An Nasih wa’l Mansuh”:
1) 1000 verses about Promising (wa’ad)
2) 1000 about Threat (wa’id)
3) 1000 Command (amr) verses
4) 1000 Forbiddance (nahy) verses
5) 1000 Information and Story verses
6) 1000 Warning and Example verses
7) 500 verses about Ruling
8) 100 verses about Invocation and Glorification
9) 66 “nasih and mansuh” ("the Abrogating and Abrogated") verses
Totally there are 6666 verses in the Quran
Consequently, the expression “Quran has 6666 verses.” is based on the mentioned points.
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(1000+1000+1000+1000+1000+1000+500+100+66 = 6666)
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But Today, All Accepting the Opinion of Al Kufa that
Al Quran Consist of 6236 verses.
(6236 verses followed in the present discussion )
 Total number of verses in Al Quran is 6236 with the “Bismillah r-
Rahman-ir-Rahim” not included except for Surah Al Fatihah.
 With “Bismillah r- Rahman-ir-Rahim” included the total number
of Quranic Verses are 112 + 6236 = 6348.
Scholars after the Prophet Muhammad (‫)ﷺ‬ have done
additional division of the Qur’an (i.e. Manzil, Juz and Hizb)
for the convenience of reading/memorization (recitation)
of the whole Qur’an mentioned on page no. 8.

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Explanation About number of Ruku in Al Quran (Click Here)
 There are 540 Ruku in Al Quran. (Click Here)
 This subdivision is not part of original revelation but adopted later-on to facilitate
completion of Al Quran on the 27th night of Ramadan (i.e. on Laylatul Qadr).
 The Ruku of The Holy Quran was not to be found in the time of Nabi Muhammad (‫,)ﷺ‬ nor
in the time of the Sahaaba (RA). Around 4 AH the Ulema of Bukhara, Russia divided the
entire Quran into 540 Ruku for Taraaweeh purposes.
 The Equation is as Follows:
 When devising these Ruku the Ulema made sure that Ruku contained Ayat of the
same topic and theme; because the Hafiz goes into Ruku after reciting it in one
Raka'at of Taraaweeh Salaah.
 After further study found that Al Quran has Actual 558 Ruku. (Click Here)
(558 Ruku followed in the present discussion)
1 Ruku per Raka'at x 20 Raka'at = 20 Ruku per Night of Ramadan x 27 Nights of Ramadan = 540 Ruku

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Dua
‫ا‬َّ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ ْ‫َّل‬‫ب‬َ‫ق‬ََ ‫َا‬‫ن‬َّ‫ب‬َ‫ر‬ ُ‫ل‬‫ي‬ِ‫ع‬‫ا‬َ‫م‬ْ‫س‬ِ‫إ‬ َ‫و‬ ِ‫ت‬ْ‫ي‬َ‫ب‬ْ‫ال‬ َ‫مِن‬ َ‫د‬ِ‫ع‬‫ا‬ َ‫و‬َ‫ق‬ْ‫ال‬ ُ‫م‬‫ِي‬‫ه‬‫ا‬ َ‫ْر‬‫ب‬ِ‫إ‬ ُ‫ع‬َ‫ف‬ ْ‫ر‬َ‫ي‬ ْ‫ْذ‬ِ‫إ‬ َ‫و‬ْ‫ال‬ ُ‫ع‬‫ي‬ِ‫م‬َّ‫س‬‫ال‬ َ‫نت‬َ‫أ‬ َََّ‫ن‬ِ‫إ‬ُ‫م‬‫ي‬ِ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬-2:127
("Our Lord, accept [this duty] from us. Indeed You are the Hearing, the Knowing.”)
Ameen
The Prophet Muhammad ‫ﷺ‬) ) said,
ُ‫ه‬َ‫م‬َّ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬ َ‫و‬ َ‫آن‬ ْ‫ر‬ُ‫ق‬ْ‫ال‬ َ‫م‬َّ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬ََ ْ‫ن‬َ‫م‬ ْ‫م‬ُ‫ك‬ُ‫ْر‬‫ي‬َ‫خ‬
"The best among you are those who learn the Qur'an and teach it.“
Sahih Al-Bukhari: 5027, In-book reference: Book 66, Hadith 49 USC-MSA web (English)reference: Vol. 6, Book 61, Hadith 545 (deprecatednumberingscheme)
The story of Ibrahim (AS) and his son was told that how Ibrahim (AS)
became ready to sacrifice his only son just on a vision he saw and the
submission of his son to his father’s order and Allah (‫’)ﷻ‬s command.
It tells the real motive of Islam that how you should submit to Allah
(‫)ﷻ‬ and ready for any sacrifice in the way of Allah (‫.)ﷻ‬
The Prophet Muhammad ‫ﷺ‬) ) said: For one who recites Surah Saffat,
Allah (‫)ﷻ‬ gives him 10 rewards equal to the no. of all Jinns and Devils
and keeps away from him the evil of Devils and protects him from
disbelief and his 2 guarding angels will witness for him on the
Judgment Day that he had faith in the messengers.

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