Naming the Surahs of the Qur'an
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Question:
May Allah reward you and bless you. This is a questioner for the program. He says: Honorable Shaykh, where did the names of the surahs of the Qur'an come from? Honorable Shaykh?
Answer:
As for al-Baqarah, it was mentioned in it because the story of the command given to the Children of Israel to slaughter a cow in order to identify the killer is mentioned in it. It is one of the miracles of Musa (peace be upon him).
Surat al-Imran, because Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said in it:[Ali 'Imran 3:33] It mentions the story of the House of 'Imran and the miracles and blessings that befell its people. And al-Nisa, because Allah mentioned in it the rulings concerning women. And so on, every surah is named after the stories or rulings that appear in it, such as Surat al-Naml, the story of the ant, [An-Naml 27:18] due to His saying: [Al-'Ankabut 29:41] and so on.
And there are surahs whose names were transmitted in the Prophetic Sunnah, such as al-Baqarah. It was reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) named it Surat al-Baqarah, and al-Imran, he named it al-Imran, and so on.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
May Allah reward you and bless you. This is a questioner for the program. He says: Honorable Shaykh, where did the names of the surahs of the Qur'an come from? Honorable Shaykh?
Answer:
As for al-Baqarah, it was mentioned in it because the story of the command given to the Children of Israel to slaughter a cow in order to identify the killer is mentioned in it. It is one of the miracles of Musa (peace be upon him).
Surat al-Imran, because Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said in it:
Indeed, Allah chose Adam and Noah and the family of Abraham and the family of 'Imran over the worlds -
إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَىٰ آدَمَ وَنُوحًا وَآلَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَآلَ عِمْرَانَ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَan ant said, "O ants, enter your dwellings
قَالَتْ نَمْلَةٌ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّمْلُ ادْخُلُوا مَسَاكِنَكُمْThe example of those who take allies other than Allah is like that of the spider who takes a home
مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ أَوْلِيَاءَ كَمَثَلِ الْعَنكَبُوتِ اتَّخَذَتْ بَيْتًاAnd there are surahs whose names were transmitted in the Prophetic Sunnah, such as al-Baqarah. It was reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) named it Surat al-Baqarah, and al-Imran, he named it al-Imran, and so on.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/188 — archive.org (3:37)
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