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46: (Al-Ahqaf)- The Sand Dunes

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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46: (Al-Ahqaf)- The Sand Dunes

(The Curved Sand-Hills)

Section (juz'): 26

Number of Verses: 35

Sūra al-Aḥqāf (Arabic: سورَة الأحْقاف) is the forty sixth of the . It is a Sura in the twenty sixth . "Ahqaf" literally means a sandy desert, and it refers to the land of the —people of the Prophet . Sura al-Ahqaf is concerned with the , the fate of and on the day of resurrection, the world not being created purposelessly, and being able to resurrect the dead. The sura recommends people to do good to their parents.

According to some , the verse fifteen of this sura was revealed about . And there is a hadith about the virtues of this sura, according to which if one recites Sura al-Ahqaf every night or every , then God will immune him from fears in this world, and will protect him against terrors of the day of resurrection.

Placed at the beginning of the twenty sixth section of the Qur'an and revealed in Mecca, the Chapter consists of thirty five Verses. The word ahqaf is used in the sense of curved sand hills piled up due to the action of the wind. The land of the people of 'Ad was covered by sand hills, hence the designation of Ahqaf.

The word appears in Verse 21 wherein the story of prophet Hud (Hod) and the people of 'Ad are being mentioned. The Chapter is the last one among the seven Chapters beginning with detached or abbreviated letters HM followed by the revelation and significance of the Qur'an.

According to a narration narrated by Imam Sadiq (as):

"One who recites Surah al-Ahqaf every night or every week is vouchsafed against the fears of this world and the world to come."

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Benefits

This is a 'makki' Surah and it has 35 verses. Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (a.s.) said that a person who recites this Surah daily, or at least every Friday, will remain safe from all the dangers of this world and the hereafter.

It is narrated from the Holy Prophet (S) that the reward for reciting this Surah is ten times the number of creatures that walk on this Earth and an equal number of sins will be forgiven. Keeping this Surah as a talisman acts as a protection and means of averting all kinds of difficulties.

If a person dissolved this Surah in zamzam water and then drinks it, he will be greatly honoured by the people and what he says will never be rejected. He will also remember everything he hears. It acts as a cure for disease and a protection from the Jinn.

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About/ Lessons

Period of Revelation

It is determined by an historical event that has been mentioned in vv. 29-32. This incident of the visit of the jinn and their going back after listening to the Qur'an had occurred, according to agreed traditions of the Hadith and biographical literature, at the time when the Holy Prophet had halted at Makkah during his return journey from Ta'if to Makkah. And according to all authentic historical traditions he had gone to Ta'if three years before the Hijrah; therefore it is determined that this Surah was sent down towards the end of the 10th year or in the early part of the 11th year of the Prophethood.