QURAN CHAPTER - 23
Al-Muminoon - The Believers
Revealed - Meccan
Ruku - 6
Ayat - 118
Theme - The central theme of the Surah is to invite the people to accept and follow the Message of the Holy Prophet.
- The fact that the people who have accepted the Message of the Holy Prophet have started acquiring such and such noble qualities of character is a practical proof of the truth of the Message. (Verses:1-11)
- Attention has been drawn to the creation of man and the universe to impress that the whole universe including man's own self, is a clear proof of the truth of the Holy Prophet's Message, which invites the people to accept Tauheed and life in the Hereafter. (Verses:12-22)
- The stories of the former Prophets and their communities have been cited as historical evidences of the truth of the Message:
- The objections and the doubts that the antagonists are raising against the Message of Muhammad (SWS) are not new. These were raised against the former Prophets also whom they themselves acknowledged as Messengers of Allah. Therefore they should learn a lesson from their history and judge for themselves whether the Prophets were in the right or their objectors.
- The Message of Tauheed and the Hereafter that Muhammad (SWS) is conveying is the same as was brought by the former Prophets; therefore they should accept it.
- They should take a warning from the consequences met by those communities who rejected the Message of their Prophets.
- All the Prophets brought one and the same religion from Allah and they all belonged to one and the same community. All other religions were invented by the people themselves and none of them is from Allah. (Verses:23-54)
- Success and prosperity in the worldly life is not a criterion of success in the sight of Allah. If some persons (or a person) are enjoying prosperity, wealth, power and the like in this world, it does not mean that they are favorites of Allah. Likewise, the poverty and adversity of other people is not a proof that Allah is displeased with them. The real criterion is Faith (or lack of it).(Verses:55-67)
- Arguments have been used to convince them that Muhammad (SWS) was a true Prophet of Allah. (Verses:68-77)
- Again they have been invited to observe the Signs in the universe and in their own selves because these are clear proofs of the truth of the Message of the Holy Prophet. (Verses:78-95)
- The Holy Prophet has been told not to adopt any wrong way in retaliation to counteract the evil ways of the enemies, and to guard against the incitement of Satan. (Verses:96-97)
The enemies of the truth have been warned that they shall have to render an account in the Hereafter and bear the consequences of their persecution of the Believers; therefore they should mend their ways. (Verses:98-118)
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