Medinan surahs are those revelations which occurred after the move.There are 86 makkan surahs. Meccan surahs are typically shorter than Medinan surahs, with...
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'God and his messenger' (Q 33:22)". The division of surahs into 'Meccan surahs' and 'Medinan surahs' is primarily a consequence of stylistic and thematic...
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revelation; any surah revealed after the migration is termed Medinan and any revealed before it is termed Meccan, regardless of where the surah was revealed...
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of the asbāb al-nuzūl "circumstances of revelation", it is an earlier Meccan surah, which means it was revealed in Mecca instead of later in Medina. The...
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and contextual background of the revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is a "Meccan surah", which means it is believed to have been revealed in Mecca, instead...
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contextual background of the revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is an earlier "Meccan surah", which means it is believed to have been revealed in Mecca, instead...
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القدر, "Power, Fate") is the 97th chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an, with 5 āyāt or verses. It is a Meccan surah which celebrates the night when the first...
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Mecca to Medina (Hijra), as such, it is known as a Meccan surah. Surah Yunus is the first of six surahs which open with the tri-letters alif, lam and ra'...
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