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

21: (Al-Anbiya')- The Prophets

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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21: (Al-Anbiya')- The Prophets

(Revealed in Mecca)

No. 21 (112 verses in 7 sections)

This 'makki' Surah has 112 ayaat. It is narrated that the reward for reciting this Surah is that the accounting on the Day of Reckoning becomes easy for the reciter and all the Prophets whose names appear in the Holy Qur'an will come to meet him on this day.

1. This Surah, as its name indicates, is the Surah of prophets, since there are mentioned the names of sixteen Divine prophets in it, some of whom are referred to by several main points of their qualities, while some others are only hinted to here.

These divine prophets are: Moses, Aaron, Abraham, Lot, Isaac, Jacob, Noah, David, Solomon, Job, Idris (Inoch), Zul-Kifl, Yunus (Jonah), Zachariah, and Yahya (John).

2. The specialties of the Meccan Suras, the contents of which are upon the religious doctrine, and Origin and End in particular, are quitely seen in this Surah.

3. Another part of the Surah speaks about the triumph of 'right' upon 'wrong', Monotheism upon polytheism, and the troops of justice over the forces of 'Iblis.

The attractive matter is that this Surah has begun with some intensive warnings unto those mischievous people who are neglectful and unaware about the final reckoning and record, and its concluding part has also been completed with some other warnings in the same field.

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Virtues

A tradition has been narrated from the holy Prophet of Islam (S) who said:

"Whoever recites Surah Al-'Anbiya' Allah will take his reckoning easy, (and also On the Day of Hereafter He will not reckon his deeds strictly), and every prophet whose name has been mentioned in the Qur'an will greet him and shake his hands."

It is clear that recitation is usually a preliminary stage for contemplation, and contemplation is a preliminary step for Faith and practice.

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Benefits

*Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (a.s.) has said that whoever recites Surah al-Ambiya' frequently, his status in Jannah will be close to the Prophets. Writing this Surah and keeping it with one removes all stress and worry.

*Dua for tough times- Dua can ease any one in distress. Allah is the most merciful and the wise soul knows it is only desirable to seek Allah's mercy to relief stress. "Verily, distress has seized me, and you are the most merciful of all those who show mercy." Quran (Surah Al-Anbiya, 83)

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Allah's message to mankind

Quran has the ultimate guidance for all mankind and those who seek Allah's guidance are never left astray. "Indeed, We have sent down for you ( O mankind) a Book (the Qur'an) in which there is Dhikrukum, (your reminder or an honour for you i.e. honour for the one who follows the teaching of the Qur'an and act on its teachings.) Will you not then understand?" Quran (Surah Al-Anbiya, 10)