Surah's In Qur'an The Lesson's And Hadith's

16: (Al-Nahl)- Bees

Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim.

In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. All the praises and thanks be to Allâh, the Lord of the 'Alamîn . The Only Owner of the Day of Recompense. You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help. Guide us to the Straight Way. The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace , not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger, nor of those who went astray .

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16: (Al-Nahl)- Bees

Surah an-Nahl (The Bee)

This Surah was revealed in Makkah and has 128 ayaat. In the commentary of Majma'ul Bayan it is recorded from the Holy Prophet (S) that whoever recites this Surah will not be questioned, on the Day of Judgement, about the blessings he received on the Earth and will get the reward equal to the amount of people who left a good will when they died.

Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (a.s.) has said that whoever recites Surah an-Nahl once every month, he will be safe from 70 types of diseases and will be from among the people of Jannah. This Surah should, however, under no circumstance be written and kept in the house or garden as it may have harmful effects. Imam Sadiq (a.s.) has said that if kept in a house or garden, it will soon be destroyed. Indeed this is a weapon that one is only allowed to use against an evil person who is the enemy of Islam.

Notwithstanding the Qur'an is a Book of Divine legislation, but many of its Suras are named based on creation, such as An-Najm (star), 'Ash-Shams' (the sun), 'Al-Fil' (the elephant), 'Al-'Ankabūt' (spider), and 'An-Nahl' (the bee).

These names are clues as to the fact that all the creatures whether in the sky or on the earth, whether small or great, they are all equal to Him due to His Power, and the Book of legislation is based on the Book of nature, both of which have their sources in one origin.

One of the names of this Surah is 'the Surah of the Blessings' for there are the names of over 50 blessings mentioned in it.

The issues dealt with in this Surah are: the Divine blessings, reasons for monotheism and resurrection, ordinances concerning the Holy war, the threats against the pagans, the dissuasions of injustice, indecency, breaking of one's promises, innovations, and satanical temptations.

Incidentally, most of the commentators are of the opinion that it is understood from the occasions of the revelation of the verses of this Surah that the first forty verses of it have been revealed at the end of the Meccan era, while the remaining eighty eight were revealed during the early period of the migration to Medina. Therefore, this holy Surah is both Meccan as well as Medinite.

The content of Sura al-Nahl can be summarized as below:

A great part of Sura al-Nahl discusses about God's blessings, such as rain, sunlight, different plants, fruits, foods and animals.Mentioning the arguments for the Unity and Glory of God, the hereafter and threatening polytheists and wrongdoers.Mentioning different rulings such as ordering about justice, kindness, immigration, jihad,forbidding the evil, oppression, injustice and breaking pledges. It also invites people to thankfulness and introduces Ibrahim (a) a thankful servant.Speaking about polytheist innovations and warning human being about temptations of satan.

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The virtues of this surah:

In some quotations narrated from the Prophet (S), it has been confirmed that he said:

"He who recites this Surah, Allah will not hold him accountable for the blessings which He has bestowed on him in this world."

All means will be made available to him to go to Paradise. Certainly, that kind of reading is meant hereby that is coupled with meditation and decision which leads one to practice and taking steps on the path of gratitude.