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

40: (Ghafir)- The Forgiver

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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40: (Ghafir)- The Forgiver

Surah al-Ghafir or Surah al-Mu'min
(The Forgiver/The Believer)

Section (juz' 24)

Number of Verses: 85

Ghāfir (arabic: غافر‎, "The Forgiver" (referring to god), also known as Sūrat al-Muʼmin (arabic: سورة المؤمن‎, "The Believer"), is the 40th chapter (surah) of the quran with 85 verses (ayat).

Ghafir also known as watchman or sentry (see al-ghafir).

Regarding the timing and contextual background of the supposed revelation (asbab al-nuzul), it is an earlier "meccan surah", which means it is believed to have been revealed in Mecca, instead of later in Medina.

This Chapter has eighty five Verses and it was revealed in Mecca. The title Ghafir derives from the third Verse in which God Almighty is mentioned as the Oft-Forgiver of sin (Ghafir al-dhanb).

The other title of the Chapter is Mu'min alluding to the person who was at the service of Pharaoh and concealed his faith so as to render support to Moses.

The account of the person in question, known as the believer among Pharaoh's people (mu'min al Fir'awn) may be found in Verses 28 ff. besides the accounts of Moses, Noah, 'Ad, and Thamud, the Chapter treats of Divine Unity, Resurrection, and Divine Wisdom.

There are approximately twenty Verses concerning the believer among Pharaoh's people which are not attested elsewhere in the Holy Qur'an.

There are seven consecutive Qur'anic Verses opening with Ha Mim; the Chapter in question is the first one in the series termed as Hawamim and the rest are: Fussilat, Shura, Zukhruf, Dukhan, Jathiya, and Ahqaf.

According to a Prophetic tradition Hawamim constitute the gist of the Holy Qur'an. The series is the crown of the Holy Qur'an and its fragrant flowers. God bestows His Bounties upon the reciter of these Verses as well as his neighbors, relatives, and friends and Divine Throne ask for his forgiveness.

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Virtues 

Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Everything has an essence and the essence of the Qur'an is the family of Ha Mim" or he said, "the Ha Mims."

Mis'ar bin Kidam said:

"They used to called 'the brides'." All of this recorded by the the Great scholar Abu 'Ubayd Al-Qasim bin Sallam in his book Fada'il Al-Qur'an.

Humayd bin Zanjuyah narrated that Abdullah (R.A) said:

"The parable of the Qur'an is that of a man who sets out to find a place for his family to stay.And he comes to a place where there is evidence of rainfall. While he is walking about, admiring it, he suddenly comes upon beautiful gardens. He says, 'I liked the first traces of rainfall, but this is far better.' It was said to him., 'The first place is like the Qur'an, and these beautiful gardens are like the splendor of family of Ha Mim in relation to the rest of the Qur'an'." Recorded by Al-Baghawi.