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

25: (Al-Furqan)- The Criterion

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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25: (Al-Furqan)- The Criterion

(The Distinction)(Revealed in Mecca)77 verses in 6 sections

This Sura contains seventy seven verses and it has been sent down in Mecca.

In the first verses of this Sura, the Qur'an has rendered it into 'Furqan' which means the separator of right from wrong; and that is why this Sura has been called 'Furqan'.

This Sura consists of some verses about the pretexts of the pagans and the answers given to them.

They are also about the lives of the former peoples, such as; the people of Rass, and the people's regret in the Hereafter, the signs of Unity, the greatness of Allah in nature, and the comparison of believers with unbelievers; but the most important part of the verses of this holy Sura is about the qualities of /'ibad-ur-rahman/ (the servants of Allah) who are the true servants of Allah, which begins from verse 63 up to the end of the Sura.

We hope, by reciting these verses and contemplating on them, which results the improvement of our behaviour and manner basing on these qualities, we can pave the way of receiving the Divine grace and favours in the world and Hereafter and entering Paradise.

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Virtues

There is a tradition quoted from 'Ishaq-ibn-'Ammar from Hadrat 'Abul-Hassan Musa-ibn-Ja'far who told him:

"Do not abandon reading Sura /tabaraka/ (Al-Furqan) since if any (believer) reads it every night, He will not punish him at all and He will not reckon him and his abode will be in the Exalted Firdaus (Paradise)."

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Benefits

The Holy Prophet (S) has said that a person who recites this Surah will be taken to Jannah without questioning, provided he believes in the Day of Judgement and the Raising of the Dead (from the graves).

Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (a.s.) said that Allah (S.w.T.) will never send His punishment upon any person who recites this Surah every night. The reciter of this Surah will also gain a highly status in the hereafter. The person who writes this Surah and keeps it in his possession will never be harmed by the vermin of this earth.

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This Surah really shows us how to argue in the best ways. Now, we have to always see how to apply it on our world today and here are four things to think about:

Many times Non-Muslims mock and question the Quran, the Prophet Muhammad (SAW), and the Sunnah (teaching of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW)). This Surah can help us to answer these questions and to see how we can talk to them.Muslims sometimes have more doubts than Non-Muslims. No one is free of doubts, our doubts can help us to make good decisions when we get the right answers on what we should believe and how we should act, but they can also lead us make bad decisions if we get the wrong answers. That is why Allah calls this Surah Al Furqan – it is there to separate right from wrong.Al Furqan means Sorting, the Criterion, Sorter and the Separator. That means that we can look to the the Quran, also known as Al Furqan, to see right from wrong, truth from falsehood and use it to make good decisions and get advice. We have to do everything in our life to make Allah happy and do it all the way He wants. He can find Him and His Commands in the Quran.The time we are living in it is becoming more and more difficult to differentiate good from evil. This Surah can help in these situations by putting whatever personality or act we are looking at or doing in the three categories I mentioned (Quran, Muhammad (SAW)'s life and the Prophet Muhammad's (SAW) teaching). This will always help us to make the right decisions and always do what Allah SWT loves from us, Insha'Allah. We are all in the Quran no matter what our character is or what we do, we just have to spend time to look for ourselves in the Quran and improve always keep what we find, Insha'Allah.