• and more developed, in contrast to its minority position in Mecca. The Medinan Surahs occur mostly at the beginning and in the middle of the Qur'an (but...
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  • Al-Muzzammil (redirect from Sura 73)
    a later time. There are three major textual suggestions that Q73:20 is Medinan and not Meccan. Firstly, there is a clear discrepancy in the length of...
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    Al-Mumtahanah (redirect from Sura 60)
    Is To Be Examined", "Examining Her") is the 60th chapter (sura) of the Quran, a Medinan sura with 13 verses. The first verse warns Muslims not to make...
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    more on laws for personal affairs, society, and the state. Makkan surah Medinan surah Nöldeke Chronology 'Ta Ha' has also been interpreted as the invocation...
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  • Al-Ikhlas (redirect from Sura 112)
    purity" or "the refining". It is disputed whether this is a Meccan or Medinan sura. The former seems more probable, particularly since it seems to have...
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  • Al-Hujurat (redirect from Sura 49)
    God can determine one's nobility based on his piety. The chapter is a Medinan sura, revealed in the year 9 AH (630 CE) when the nascent Islamic state under...
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  • Al-Mujadila (redirect from Sura 58)
    the Medinan period of Muhammad's prophethood, therefore, a Medinan sura. A minority opinion says that only the first ten verses were from the Medinan period...
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    Ya-Sin (redirect from Sura 36)
    earlier "Meccan surah". Some scholars maintain that verse 12 is from the Medinan period. While the surah begins in Juz' 22, most of it is in Juz' 23. The...
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  • At-Tariq (redirect from Sura 86)
    (Arabic: الطارق, "the Morning Star", "Nightcomer"), is the eighty-sixth sura of the Quran, with 17 ayat or verses. Muslims believe this chapter was sent...
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  • Ar-Rahman (redirect from Sura Ar-Rahman)
    whether Ar-Rahman ought to be categorized as a surah of the Meccan or Medinan period. Theodor Nöldeke and Carl Ernst have categorized it among the surahs...
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