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Differing beliefs exist regarding Prophet Muhammad's (Peace be upon him and his family) burial site: Sunni tradition holds it's Aisha's chamber, while some Shia references challenge this.

Surah Hijr (سورة الحجر) is the 15th surah of the Quran that Allah revealed to Prophet Muhammad in the city of Mecca. The surah is named Hijr because it refers to the story of the people of…

Surah Zumar (سورة الزمر) is the 39th surah of the Quran that Allah revealed to Prophet Muhammad in the city of Mecca. The surah gets its name, Zumar, meaning throngs from two of its…

Surah Qasas (سورة القصص) is the 28th surah of the Quran that Allah revealed to Prophet Muhammad in the city of Mecca. The surah is named Qasas, meaning story, because many verses of it…

Surah Anbiya (سورة الأنبياء) is the 21st surah of the Quran that Allah revealed to Prophet Muhammad in the city of Mecca. The surah has been named Anbiya, meaning prophets because the name…

Surah Isra is the 17th surah of the Noble Quran that Allah revealed to Prophet Muhammad in Mecca. The naming of this surah comes from the first verse of the surah that talks about the…

Surah Dukhan (سورة الدّخان) is the 44th surah of the Quran that Allah revealed to Prophet Muhammad in the city of Mecca. The surah gets its name, dukhan, meaning smoke, from verse…

Surah Taha is the 20th surah of the Quran that Allah revealed to Prophet Muhammad in the city of Mecca. The surah begins with the disjoined letters ṭā and hā, and therefore…

Surah Furqan (سورة الفرقان), also known as Tabarak (تبارك),  is the 25th surah of the Quran that Allah revealed to Prophet Muhammad in the city of Mecca. The surah gets its name, Furqan,…

Surah Nahl (سورة النَّحل) is the 16th surah of the Quran that Allah revealed to Prophet Muhammad in the city of Mecca. The surah gets its name, Nahl, meaning honeybee, from one of the…

Surah Yusuf, also called Ahsan al-Qasas (The best of stories), is the 12th surah of the Quran, revealed in Mecca, with 111 verses. The entire surah Yusuf, with the exception of the last few…

Surah Hashr is the 59th surah of the Quran that Allah revealed to Prophet Muhammad in the city of Medina. Hashr means banishment. The surah gets its name from the second verse that speaks…

Surah Sajdah, also known as Alif Lām Mīm Sajdah and Alif Lām Mīm Tanzīl is the 32nd surah of the Quran that Allah revealed to Prophet Muhammad in the city of Mecca. The reason it is called…