The general specifications of the Holy Surah
The name
Surah Yunus
It's arrangement in the Qur’an
10
The meaning of the name
The name of God's prophet sent to Nineveh
Other names of the surah
The seventh of the seven long surahs
Part
eleventh
The surah is
Meccan verses other than two Medinan verses and they are:
Allah says :
﴿فَإِن كُنتَ فِی شَكࣲّ مِّمَّاۤ أَنزَلۡنَاۤ إِلَیۡكَ فَسۡءَلِ ٱلَّذِینَ یَقۡرَءُونَ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ مِن قَبۡلِكَ لَقَدۡ جَاۤءَكَ ٱلۡحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُمۡتَرِینَ 94 وَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلَّذِینَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِءَایَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡخَـٰسِرِینَ 95﴾
“So if you are in doubt about what We have revealed to you, then ask those who read the Scripture before you, The truth has certainly come to you from your Lord, so do not be of those who doubt.94 And do not be of those who lying the revelations of Allah, lest you be among the losers. (95)
It's arranged in the Qur’an
Its arrangement in the Qur’an is the tenth after Surat Al-Tawbah and before Surat Hud in the tenth surah in the order of the Qur’an.
The order of its descent
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The general description
Surah Yunus is a Meccan surah, and it is the seventh of the seven long ones, according to a group of scholars. Its verses are 109, and its arrangement in the tenth Qur’an, in the eleventh part, was revealed after Surah Al-Isra, It began with disjointed letters: “These are the verses of the Wise Book 1” [Yunus: 1] The stories of the prophets were mentioned, including the story of the people of Yunus, where God revealed the torment from them because of their faith, and the surah was named because of him.
The reasons for going down
On the authority of Abdullah bin Abbas - via Al-Dahhak - he said: When God sent Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, as a messenger, the Arabs denied that, or who among them denied it, and said: God is too great for His Messenger to be a human being like Muhammad, So God revealed: “Is it a wonder to the people that We revealed to a man from among them, Verse: “And We did not send before you except men to whom We revealed revelation” Verse [Al-Anbiya’: 7]
When God repeated the arguments to them, they said:
If he were a human being, then someone other than Muhammad would be more deserving of the message, “If this Qur’an had not been sent down to a man from the two cities, great) [Al-Zukhruf: 31], He says: More honorable than Muhammad, they mean: Al-Walid bin Al-Mughirah from Mecca, Masoud bin Amr Al-Thaqafi from Taif. So God revealed in response to them: “The most important thing is the mercy of your Lord” (Al-Zukhruf: 32).
The virtue of the seven long surahs
On the authority of Aisha, on the authority of the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, he said: “Whoever takes the seven will become a scholar.” Narrated by Ahmad (24443)
And Abu Ubaid Al-Qasim bin Salam, Al-Hakim, authenticated it. On the authority of Wathilah bin Al-Asqa’ that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “In place of the Torah, I was given the seven-long, and I was given the place of the Psalms, Al-Mi’in (each surah has a number of one hundred, or it adds something or subtracts something) and I was given in place of the Gospel, Al Mathani: ( Al-Hafiz said in Al-Fath: There was disagreement about calling it Mathani. It was said because it is repeated in every rak’ah, meaning it is repeated, and it was said because it is praised for God Almighty, and it was said because it was made an exception for this nation and was not revealed to those before it and I preferred the Mufassal ( Al-Mufassal is Surah Al-Baqarah, Al-Imran and Al-Nisa, followed by several other surahs, and Al-Mufasal ends with Surat Al-Nas.) ” Narrated by Ibn Jarir and Al-Tayalisi.
There is a difference of opinion regarding Surat Yunus as to whether it is one of the seven long days or not, The surahs that are agreed upon to be among the seven long ones are: Al-Baqarah, Al-Imran, Al-Nisa’, Al-Ma’idah, Al-An’am, and Al-A’raf, there was disagreement about the seventh, so it was said: Yunus, and it was said: Al-Anfal with Bara’a, It was said that Baraa alone was said, and it was said that Surah Al-Kahf.
On the authority of Saeed bin Jubayr, on the authority of Ibn Abbas, he said in the Almighty’s saying:
“And We have certainly given you a song of repeated verses and a magnificent Qur’an.” [Al-Hijr: 87] He said: Al-Baqarah, the family of Imran, women, the table, livestock, and Al-A`raf. The narrator said: I forgot the seventh. narrated it An-nasaa'i in Al-Kubra"
Allah says
الٓرۚ تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡحَكِيمِ
ALR ( Alf - Lam - Ra'a) These are the verses of the Wise Book
It is this Qur’an, which contains wisdom and rulings, which are indicative of its verses, on the truths of faith and the commands and prohibitions of Sharia, which the entire nation must receive with satisfaction, acceptance, and submission.
A view of the verse
God Almighty likened the book to a man, but he is not like anyone you meet in your life. Rather, he is a wise person, and in the journey of life you rarely meet a wise man, and when you sit with him and see him, he solves a small part of some of your problems for you. You believe in him, accompany with him, love him, and appreciate him. This is in the world of people, so what about a book? Every time you read it while you are sad, you will find among its sides something that will put your mind at ease and relieve your chest of psychological pain, or injustice to others or anything else, or even being amused by the consequences of previous nations... God - the Almighty - opened the surah by describing the Book as Wise, So respect what is coming in this Surah and take it seriously, bearing in mind that it contains wisdom that will fix some of your life’s problems, God willing.
Allah says
(1) أَكَانَ لِلنَّاسِ عَجَبًا أَنۡ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ رَجُلٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَنۡ أَنذِرِ ٱلنَّاسَ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ أَنَّ لَهُمۡ قَدَمَ صِدۡقٍ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡۗ قَالَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٞ مُّبِينٌ
(1) Is it a wonder to the people that We revealed revelation to a man from among them, warn the people and give good tidings to those who believe, Indeed, they have the status of a truthful one with their Lord, the disbelievers said, “This is clear magic.”
The unbelievers marveled at this great man in a way that made them disbelieve in him, so (the unbelievers said) about him: (Indeed, this is an obvious magician) meaning: among the magic. Their claim is not hidden from anyone, and this is part of their foolishness and stubbornness, they were astonished by something that is not something to be astonished or surprised by, but rather to be astonished by their ignorance and lack of knowledge of their interests.
How could they not believe in this noble Messenger, whom God sent from their own souls? They knew him well, so they rejected his call and were keen to invalidate his religion. God will perfect His light, even if the disbelievers hate it.
A view of the verse
The Lord - Blessed and Exalted be He - tells us, was it such a strange thing for God - the Almighty - to send a man from a group tells them that he is a prophet or a messenger... And in fact: yes, it is a strange thing although it is a wise thing, its strangeness lies in the fact that a person lives among people he knows and who know him, How to believe in this case is non-existent, unless he performs miracles, and perhaps he will be disbelieved after the miracles as well, not to disbelieve him, rather, it is because no one wants to be favored by anyone, especially with heaven’s messages, because they show people how to act in everything in their lives, that is, it is a special kind of leadership, and it is said in psychology: no one allows anyone to lead him in anything except him, He will be kind to him regarding this thing or things, but if the balance is equal, he will not be allowed to do so at all, Therefore, when God Almighty praised His Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, he said (Indeed, you are of great creation.) this is the connection between the Persians and these people. Why? Because they had some noble morals, such as chivalry, standing by the weak, etc, The Messenger of God - may God bless him and grant him peace - came to perfect these good morals.
But it is a wise thing
Since the Messenger should not be of another race, as is the case now in the world of people, they have taken some scientific robots as gods instead of God, This is repulsive to our nature, as the angels will provide us with an excuse that they do not sin, and those who have special abilities, we say so about them, so he should be a person who experiences the course of life, such as sadness and joy...etc. and we feel that he is a human being like us, so this is great wisdom.
And give good news to those who believe
That they have good reward with their Lord: When a dear person enters your home, you say to him: a dear step, and when he returns to his home, you will still retain memories that are dear to you and to him. God says to His Messenger - may God bless him and grant him peace - Those who believe in Him (and they are few in this life - perhaps we will explain it later -) will have access to God’s Paradise as a reward for their sincerity in faith.
The disbelievers said that this is an obvious sorcerer
It is said that eloquence is magic, as someone may tug at your heartstrings with the way he speaks, so they described the Messenger of God - may God bless him and grant him peace - because of the sweetness of his words, In the Qur’an, he is a clear sorcerer because he separated a person from his wife, father and son due to disbelief and faith.
Allah says
(2) إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٖ ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡعَرۡشِۖ يُدَبِّرُ ٱلۡأَمۡرَۖ مَا مِن شَفِيعٍ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ إِذۡنِهِۦۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمۡ فَٱعۡبُدُوهُۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
(2) Indeed, your Lord is God who created the heavens and the earth in six days, then He sat on the Throne, managing the affairs, there is no intercessor except after His permission. This is Allah your Lord, so worship Him. Do you not remember.
A view of the verse
This book, which was described as wisdom at the beginning of the surah, will begin to narrate why he was described as wise: It is in the nature of a wise person to remind you of the consequences, and this book reminds you of the consequences. The wise person teaches you stories from the lives of those who were before you, and the Holy Qur’an does that... Let’s begin.
God knows the unbelievers Himself - Glory be to Him - and this is a kind of declaration of divinity since 1445 years ago, no one has claimed to create the heavens, the earth, and the entire universe to this day, and no one dared to do so. Rather, they said (Mother Nature), and they said the Big Bang, and others, but we have not heard of a human being who claimed to have created the heavens and the earth, no matter how much physical or mental capabilities he had, God - the Almighty - explained that He created the heavens and the earth in 6 days, then ascended to the Throne. Then He - the Almighty - said that after that He did not leave the creation to spread corruption on the earth without restraint, but rather (He manages the matter) From His Majesty, then He said: There is no intercessor who can intercede for another human being with Him - Glory be to Him - except with His permission. Then he concludes the noble verse by saying that He is our Lord, so it is necessary to worship Him, then he reminds us of what we have forgotten in the midst of life’s events that he is our Lord, and he concludes (Do you not remember) as if he were reminding us - Glory be to Him - that we are just a human being, the word “human” in Arabic comes from “forgetfulness,” and when a person remembers, his behavior is much better than when he forgets.
Allah says
(3) إِلَيۡهِ مَرۡجِعُكُمۡ جَمِيعٗاۖ وَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقًّاۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَبۡدَؤُاْ ٱلۡخَلۡقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ لِيَجۡزِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَهُمۡ شَرَابٞ مِّنۡ حَمِيمٖ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمُۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡفُرُونَ
(3) To Him is the return of all of you. God’s promise is true. Indeed, He originates the creation and then restores it, that He might reward those who believe and do righteousness with justice, And those who disbelieved - for them will be a hot drink and a painful punishment because they disbelieved.
When he mentioned his divine ruling, which is general management, His religious rule is His law, the content and purpose of which is to worship Him alone without any partner, He mentioned the penal ruling, which is his reward for deeds after death, meaning: He will gather you after your death, at the appointed time of a known day, the one who is able to initiate creation is able to repeat it, and the one who believes that he initiated creation, then denies that he restored creation, is devoid of reason and denies one of the two proverbs, while proving that it is better than it.
A view of the verse
We - Glory be to Him - reminded us of the beginning of creation (heaven and earth), which are things greater than man and the level of his thinking, then he reminds us to return to Him at the end of each one of us’s journey, then he tells us that it is a promise, and an honest person in the world of people, if he makes a promise, does not break it, What about a wise God who tells you that he does not break his promise? Do you believe him? He begins creation and then repeats it, and in another verse (which is easier for him), and endings are always and forever easier than beginnings, all this for the sake of one thing only (that He may reward those who believe and do righteous deeds with justice, and the disbelievers with what they deserve of the punishment presented, In the noble verse: Have you ever thought that the heaven with its breadth above you and the earth with its breadth under you were created for you, to test your faith from your disbelief?
Allah says
(4) هُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ ضِيَآءٗ وَٱلۡقَمَرَ نُورٗا وَقَدَّرَهُۥ مَنَازِلَ لِتَعۡلَمُواْ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلۡحِسَابَۚ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ذَٰلِكَ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ يُفَصِّلُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لِقَوۡمٖ يَعۡلَمُونَ
What established his lordship and divinity, he mentioned the horizontal rational evidence indicating that and his perfection, in his names and attributes, such as the sun and the moon, And the heavens and the earth and all that was created in them of all kinds of creatures, and He declared that they are signs (for a people who know) and (for a people who pious). Knowledge leads to knowing the significance of it, and how to extract the evidence as closely as possible, and piety creates in the heart the desire for good and the fear of evil, arising from evidence and proof, and from knowledge and certainty.
A view around the verse
Read with me this scientific evident
Physical difference between moonlight and sunlight
Night-blooming cereus are plants that only bloom at night. Their light-sensitive cells must be able to tell the difference between sunlight, and sunlight reflected off the moon.
Night-blooming cereus are plants that only bloom at night. Their light-sensitive cells must be able to tell the difference between sunlight, and sunlight reflected off the moon, so, What is the physical difference between sunlight, and sunlight that has been reflected? Can we say the difference is in a distinct property (like irradiance or wavelength)?
The intensity of moonlight is way smaller than that of sunlight, what can be observed by going outside on a full moon and comparing the light to that of an ordinary day.
In colloquial terms: an object as big as the moon, if it were a thermal light source, that emits only such a small amount of light in the direction of the observer, would be much cooler than the sun (see Stefan-Boltzmann law), and hence, would have a lot more reddish tint to the color of its light. Within certain limits we are able to perceive different color temperatures, and possibly a plant could do that too, given appropriate cells or chemistry. Hence, as our brain would naively expect the moonlight to be much redder, if it were a thermal light source, this is why we can subjectively tell that the moon is not a thermal light source.
The comment
My presence and your presence in life is nothing but for worship, and from the core of worship is (knowing the existence of God). Tell me, why this scientific accuracy in the words chosen in distinguishing between sunlight and moonlight 1445 years ago? Who would have understood that sunlight is stronger and greater than moonlight? Who would have understood (the only example) that we brought here (the plant) that is sensitive to moonlight? no one understands this except at a time when physics, biology, etc. flourished. Isn’t it worthy of worship - Glory be to Him - the One who respected your mind, whatever your specialty?
Allah says
(5) إِنَّ فِي ٱخۡتِلَٰفِ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَتَّقُونَ (6)
(5) Indeed, in the alternation of the night and the day, and of what God has created in the heavens and the earth, there are verses for a people who pious God. (6)
This indicates that He alone is worshiped, beloved, and praised, possessed of majesty, honor, and great attributes, to whom only desire and awe should be directed, sincere supplication should not be directed to anyone except Him, and not to other created beings who are worthy of worship and need God in all their affairs, In these verses there is an encouragement and encouragement to contemplate God’s creatures and consider them with consideration, thus, insight is opened, faith and reason increase, and the mind is strengthened, In neglecting this, one neglects what God has commanded, neglects the increase of faith, and stagnates the mind.
A view around the verse
The scientific evident
Daytime-the time when the sun is visible from where you are on the Earth. Nighttime -the time when the sky goes dark and the sun is no longer visible to you.
The comment
Perhaps we have not provided scientific confirmation of this verse, but you must know that the idea of night and day that we pass by without thinking at all is a pivotal idea not only for plants and aquatic organisms in particular, for example, all the phases of the moon affect aquatic organisms, and that artificial lights located near the beaches are very harmful to these aquatic organisms, even in the deep depths that you do not even imagine being affected, God Almighty created everything with a measure, so do not play with this measure that is appropriate for everything, otherwise there will be corruption on earth, but day and night have their effect on us as well. You are an expert that some Western countries, especially Scandinavian countries, have a problem with daylight. At some times of the year, daylight in some countries becomes only 4 hours, The rate of depression increases and the problems of lack of vitamin D taken from the sun increase. do not take the cosmic effects of the existence of God - the Almighty - as a guarantee, You may be suffering from an illness such as “enemies of the sun” and not enjoy the day, or you enter isolation in a hospital and are isolated from the sun’s rays. Life is changeable and the existence of night and day is one of the blessings of God Almighty upon His servants, and for her sake: for free, she does not pay taxes day or night and does not punish them at all.
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