However, Sale argues that this sūrah seems to be ruled out of that category by the change in style of āyāt. In his book The Corân, William Muir classifies ash-Shams in a Quranic sub-category known as the Soliloquies - a literary form of discourse in which Muhammad talks to himself or reveals his thoughts without addressing a listener. Most of the surahs containing muqattaʿat are Meccan. They are typically shorter, with relatively short ayat, and mostly come near the end of the Qur'an’s 114 surahs. Meccan suras are chronologically earlier surahs that were revealed to Muhammad at Mecca before the hijrah to Medina in 622 CE. And all the other nouns referred to are masculine which only leaves Ash-Shams–the sun–which is a feminine word that’s the “it” referred to in the first four ayaat. Notice “it,” “it,” “it,” … in Arabic, the pronoun used is haa (هَا), which is feminine. And the day when it displays it, and the night when it covers it. Translation: By the sun and its brightness, and the moon when it follows it. Touched by an Angel: Tafseer Juz ‘Amma is an AlMaghrib Institute Tafsir course which further investigates that the sun (ash-shams) is mentioned in several surahs the reason why is this one called Surah Shams is because, in it, the sun is mentioned four times. He writes that some sūrahs have been given names after some conspicuous words used in them. Hamiduddin Farahi a celebrated Islamic scholar of Indian subcontinent is known for his groundbreaking work on the concept of Nazm, or Coherence, in the Quran. The Surah has been so designated after the word ash-shams with which it opens. Jalaluddin Al-Suyuti co-author of the classical Sunni tafsīr known as Tafsir al-Jalalayn suggests that some of the sūrahs have been named using incipits (i.e. 11-15 Thamúd destroyed for rejecting their prophet. 1-10 Oaths that man’s happiness and misery depends on the purity or corruption he hath wrought in it.10.2 Traditional Quranic commentaries (tafsir).4.2 11-15 Historical precedent of the people of Thamud.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |