Al-Qiyama Explained

Number:75
Al-Qiyāmah
Name-Ar:القيامة
Name-En:The Resurrection
Prev Sura:Quran 74
Next Sura:Quran 76
Juz:29
Classification:Meccan
Othernames:The Day of Resurrection
Rukus:2
Verses:40
Words:164
Letters:676
Audio:Chapter 75, Al-Qiyama (Mujawwad) - Recitation of the Holy Qur'an.mp3

Al-Qiyama or Al-Qiyamah (Arabic: القيامة, al-qiyāmah), meaning "The Resurrection",[1] or "The Rising of the Dead", is the seventy-fifth chapter (sūrah) of the Quran, with 40 verses (ayah).[2]

Summary

1-4 God is able to raise the dead

5-11 Unbelievers may mock, but they shall be overtaken by the resurrection-day

12-15 Man shall be his own accuser on that day

16-19 Muhammad rebuked for anticipating Gabriel in receiving the Qurán

20-21 Men choose this life, but neglect the life to come

22-25 Various thoughts of the righteous and the wicked on the resurrection-day

26-36 Man helpless in the hour of death

37-40 God, who created man, can raise him from the dead [3]

Hadith

Ḥadīth (حديث) is literally "speech"; recorded saying or tradition of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad validated by isnad; with sira these comprise the sunnah and reveal shariah and tafsir is the Arabic word for exegesis of the Qur'an. The first and foremost exegesis of Quran is found in hadith of Muhammad thus making it important to consider the hadith related to a particular surah when studying it.

Notes and References

  1. [George Sale translation]
  2. http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/075.htm Al-Qiyama
  3. Book: Wherry . Elwood Morris . Elwood Morris Wherry . A Complete Index to Sale's Text, Preliminary Discourse, and Notes . 1896 . Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co . London.
  4. Sahih Bukhari Chapter No: 1, Revelation, Hadith no: 4
  5. Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Book 60:Prophetic Commentary on the Qur'an (Tafseer of the Prophet (pbuh)) Volume 6, Number 451