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Surah An-Nur, Verse 1

سورة النور، الآية ١

24:1 Juz 18 Hizb 35 Page 350 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 24:1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

سُورَةٌ أَنزَلْنَٰهَا وَفَرَضْنَٰهَا وَأَنزَلْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَٰتٍۭ بَيِّنَٰتٍ لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝١

Transliteration

sūratun anzalnāhā wafaraḍnāhā wa-anzalnā fīhā āyātin bayyinātin laʿallakum tadhakkarūna

Translation

[This is] a sūrah which We have sent down and made [that within it] obligatory and revealed therein verses of clear evidence that you might remember.

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Verse 1 of Surah An-Nur (24:1), a Medinan surah, is in juz 18, on page 350 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 1

Al-Mukhtasar

This is a sūrah I revealed, made acting upon its rulings necessary and in which I revealed clear verses, in the hope that you will be reminded of the rulings it contains and then practice them.

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Other translations of verse 1

[This is] a Chapter which We have sent down and ordained, and sent down in it clear commandments so that you may take heed.

(This is) a Sûrah (chapter of the Qur’ân) which We have sent down and which We have enjoined, (ordained its laws); and in it We have revealed manifest Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations - lawful and unlawful things, and set boundaries of Islâmic Religion), that you may remember.

(Here is) a surah which We have revealed and enjoined, and wherein We have revealed plain tokens, that haply ye may take heed.

A sura which We have sent down and which We have ordained in it have We sent down Clear Signs, in order that ye may receive admonition.

(This is) a chapter which We have revealed and made obligatory and in which We have revealed clear communications that you may be mindful.

A Surah that We have sent down and ordained; and We have sent down in it supremely evident signs that possibly you would be mindful.

Verse 1 word by word

  1. سُورَةٌ sūratun A Surah س و ر
  2. أَنزَلْنَٰهَا anzalnāhā We (have) sent it down ن ز ل
  3. وَفَرَضْنَٰهَا wafaraḍnāhā and We (have) made it obligatory ف ر ض
  4. وَأَنزَلْنَا wa-anzalnā and We (have) revealed ن ز ل
  5. فِيهَآ fīhā therein
  6. ءَايَٰتٍۭ āyātin Verses أ ي ي
  7. بَيِّنَٰتٍ bayyinātin clear ب ي ن
  8. لَّعَلَّكُمْ laʿallakum so that you may
  9. تَذَكَّرُونَ tadhakkarūna take heed ذ ك ر

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic chain Sunan Abu Dawud 4008

The revelation came down to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he recited to is: "A surah which We have sent down and which We have ordained (faradnaha)" Abu Dawud said: The letter ra (r) is the word faradnaha has short vowel a (with out doubling of consonant r), and then he reached the verses after this…

نَزَلَ الْوَحْىُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْنَا ‏‏{‏ سُورَةٌ أَنْزَلْنَاهَا وَفَرَضْنَاهَا ‏}‏ ‏.‏

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