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Chapter 47

MuḥammadMuḥammad ( محمد )

38 verses • revealed at Medinan

»The surah that declares that God absolves of misdeeds, and sets right the intellects, of those who work righteousness and who believe in all that God has sent down upon His final Messenger to humankind, Muḥammad. It takes its name from verse 2, where the name of the Prophet occurs. The surah deals with issues of war, those who try to prevent conversion to Islam and the carrying out of God’s commands, and the fate of the hypocrites. It specifically mentions the iniquity of those who expelled the Prophet from Mecca, it describes the futility of the disbelievers’ attempts to oppose God and His Prophet, and it urges the Muslims to obey God in all matters, lest their good deeds come to nothing on the Day of Judgement like those of the disbelievers and hypocrites.«

The surah is also known as Mohammad, Muhammad (the Prophet)

بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ

Ali Unal: IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE ALL-COMPASSIONATE

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الَّذينَ كَفَروا وَصَدّوا عَن سَبيلِ اللَّهِ أَضَلَّ أَعمالَهُم

Ali Unal

One of the earliest Revelations in Madīnah, this sūrah of 38 verses is named after Prophet Muhammad, upon him be peace and blessings, who is mentioned in the second verse. It deals with such matters as fighting, the treatment of prisoners of war, the distribution of the spoils of war, and the final end that awaits the believers and unbelievers.
Those who disbelieve and bar (people) from God’s way – God will render all their deeds vain.1
  • That is, all their efforts to prevent the spread of Islam will be in vain. Secondly, although their good deeds may bring profit to them in the world, this will signify nothing in the Hereafter because they did not aim at the afterlife and pursued only the goods of the worldly life.