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href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Ah%27kaf" title="Al-Ah'kaf – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Al-Ah'kaf" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81" title="سورة الأحقاف – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="سورة الأحقاف" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C6%8Fhqaf_sur%C9%99si" title="Əhqaf surəsi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Əhqaf surəsi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C" title="احقاف سوره‌سی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="احقاف سوره‌سی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AB" title="সূরা আহকাফ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="সূরা আহকাফ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D3%98%D0%BB-%D3%98%D1%85%D2%A1%D0%B0%D1%84_%D1%81%D2%AF%D1%80%D3%99%D2%BB%D0%B5" title="Әл-Әхҡаф сүрәһе – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Әл-Әхҡаф сүрәһе" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/El-Ahkaf" title="El-Ahkaf – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="El-Ahkaf" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bihigu_Zoya_Suurili" title="Bihigu Zoya Suurili – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Bihigu Zoya Suurili" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Ahqaf" title="Al-Ahqaf – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Al-Ahqaf" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81" title="احقاف – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="احقاف" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Ahqaf" title="Al-Ahqaf – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Al-Ahqaf" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%8C%EC%95%84%ED%9D%90%EC%B9%B4%ED%94%84" title="알아흐카프 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="알아흐카프" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BC" title="अल-अहक़ाफ़ – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="अल-अहक़ाफ़" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surah_Al-Ahqaf" title="Surah Al-Ahqaf – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Surah Al-Ahqaf" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Ahqaf" title="Al-Ahqaf – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Al-Ahqaf" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%90%D7%97%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%A3" title="סורת אל-אחקאף – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="סורת אל-אחקאף" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surat_Al_Ahqaaf" title="Surat Al Ahqaaf – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Surat Al Ahqaaf" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D3%98%D0%BB-%D0%90%D1%85%D2%9B%D0%B0%D1%84_%D1%81%D2%AF%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%96" title="Әл-Ахқаф сүресі – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Әл-Ахқаф сүресі" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehqaf" title="Ehqaf – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Ehqaf" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%B9%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%96%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AB%E0%B5%8D" title="അഹ്ഖാഫ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="അഹ്ഖാഫ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81" title="سورة الأحقاف – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="سورة الأحقاف" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81" title="احقاف – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="احقاف" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surah_Al-Ahqaaf" title="Surah Al-Ahqaaf – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Surah Al-Ahqaaf" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soera_De_Zandduinen" title="Soera De Zandduinen – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Soera De Zandduinen" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A0%82%E4%B8%98_(%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3)" title="砂丘 (クルアーン) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="砂丘 (クルアーン)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahqof_surasi" title="Ahqof surasi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Ahqof surasi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81" title="سورة الأحقاف – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="سورة الأحقاف" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Ahqaf" title="Al-Ahqaf – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Al-Ahqaf" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%90%D1%85%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%84" title="Аль-Ахкаф – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Аль-Ахкаф" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surja_el-Ahkaf" title="Surja el-Ahkaf – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Surja el-Ahkaf" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81" title="سورة الاحقاف – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="سورة الاحقاف" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pe%C5%A1%C4%8Dene_sipine_(sura)" title="Peščene sipine (sura) – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Peščene sipine (sura)" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%95%D8%AD%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81" title="ئەحقاف – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ئەحقاف" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surah_Al-Ahqaf" title="Surah Al-Ahqaf – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Surah Al-Ahqaf" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Ahqaf" title="Al-Ahqaf – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Al-Ahqaf" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Ahqaf" title="Al-Ahqaf – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Al-Ahqaf" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surah_Al-Ahqaf" title="Surah Al-Ahqaf – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Surah Al-Ahqaf" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a 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class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Surah" title="Surah">Surah</a> 46 of the <a href="/wiki/Quran" title="Quran">Quran</a></caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1227789315">.mw-parser-output .script-arabic{font-family:"Scheherazade New","SF Arabic",Amiri,"Noto Naskh Arabic","Droid Arabic Naskh","Noto Sans Arabic","Sakkal Majalla","Harmattan","Arabic Typesetting","Arabic Transparent","Times New Roman",Arial,Calibri,"Microsoft Sans Serif","Segoe UI",serif,sans-serif;font-weight:normal}</style><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><b>اَلْأَحْقَافُ</b></span>‎</span></span> <br />Al-Aḥqāf<br /><small>The Wind-Curved Sandhills</small></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:1px #aaa solid;"><style 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Al-Ahqaf. The title and verse count at the beginning of chapter are written in gold in a rectangular panel with a marginal tassel. <a href="/wiki/Kufic" title="Kufic">Kufic</a> script. Middle East or North Africa, late 9th - early 10th century. <a href="/wiki/Khalili_Collection_of_Islamic_Art" title="Khalili Collection of Islamic Art">Khalili Collection of Islamic Art</a></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Al-Ahqaf</b> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">الأحقاف</span>, <span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">al-aḥqāf</i></span>; <span style="font-size:85%;">meaning:</span> "the sand dunes" or "the winding sand tracts") is the 46th chapter (<i><a href="/wiki/Sura" class="mw-redirect" title="Sura">surah</a></i>) of the <a href="/wiki/Qur%27an" class="mw-redirect" title="Qur'an">Qur'an</a> with 35 verses (<i><a href="/wiki/Ayat" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayat">ayat</a></i>). This is the seventh and last chapter starting with the <a href="/wiki/Muqatta%CA%BFat" title="Muqattaʿat">Muqattaʿat</a> letters <i><a href="/wiki/He_(letter)" title="He (letter)">Hāʼ</a> <a href="/wiki/Mem" title="Mem">Mīm</a></i>. Regarding the timing and contextual background of the believed <a href="/wiki/Revelation_in_Islam" class="mw-redirect" title="Revelation in Islam">revelation</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Asb%C4%81b_al-nuz%C5%ABl" class="mw-redirect" title="Asbāb al-nuzūl">asbāb al-nuzūl</a></i>), it is one of the late <a href="/wiki/Meccan_sura" class="mw-redirect" title="Meccan sura">Meccan chapters</a>, except for verse 10 and possibly a few others which Muslims believe were <a href="/wiki/Medinan_sura" class="mw-redirect" title="Medinan sura">revealed in Medina</a>. </p><p>The chapter covers various topics: It warns against those who reject the Quran, and reassures those who believe; it instructs Muslims to be virtuous towards their parents; it tells of the <a href="/wiki/Hud_(prophet)" title="Hud (prophet)">Prophet Hud</a> and the punishment that befell his people, and it advises <a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Muhammad</a> to be patient in delivering his message of Islam. </p><p>A passage in verse 15, which talks about a child's gestation and weaning, became the basis by which some <a href="/wiki/Faqeeh" class="mw-redirect" title="Faqeeh">Islamic jurists</a> determined that the minimum threshold of <a href="/wiki/Fetal_viability" title="Fetal viability">fetal viability</a> in Islamic law would be about 25 weeks. The name of the chapter comes from verse 21, where Hud is said to have warned his people "by the sand dunes" (<i>bī al-Ahqaf</i>). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Summary">Summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Ahqaf&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Al_ahqaf_initial.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Al_ahqaf_initial.jpg/220px-Al_ahqaf_initial.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="327" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Al_ahqaf_initial.jpg/330px-Al_ahqaf_initial.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Al_ahqaf_initial.jpg/440px-Al_ahqaf_initial.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1524" /></a><figcaption>Page from the Qur'an with verses 1 to 3 of Al-Ahqaf. The title of the chapter that appears at the top is executed in gold and outlined in black ink. <a href="/wiki/Thuluth" title="Thuluth">Thuluth</a> script, <a href="/wiki/Mamluk_Sultanate_(Cairo)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)">Mamluk</a> Egypt (14th-15th centuries). <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>1</b> The Quran a <a href="/wiki/Wa%E1%B8%A5y" title="Waḥy">revelation</a> from God</li> <li><b>2-5</b> Creation a witness for God against idolaters and idolatry</li> <li><b>6-7</b> Disbelievers charging Muhammad with forging the Quran</li> <li><b>8</b> Muhammad, like other apostles, only a warner</li> <li><b>9-10</b> Believing Jews confirm the Quran; unbelieving Jews call it an antiquated lie</li> <li><b>11</b> The Quran confirms the Book of Moses</li> <li><b>12-13</b> True believers, their happy condition</li> <li><b>14-15</b> Obedient sons and true believers, their life here and <a href="/wiki/Hereafter_in_Islam" class="mw-redirect" title="Hereafter in Islam">hereafter</a></li> <li><b>16-17</b> The conduct and fate of the disobedient son</li> <li><b>18-20</b> Rewards and punishments bestowed in accordance with works</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Hud_(prophet)" title="Hud (prophet)">The History of Hūd</a></b></li> <li><b>21-27</b> The fate of the people of Hud (as), &c., a warning to Makkah</li> <li><b>The story of the Jinn listening to the Quran</b></li> <li><b>28-31</b> The <a href="/wiki/Genie" class="mw-redirect" title="Genie">genii</a> converted by hearing Muhammad recite the Quran</li> <li><b>32-35</b> God able to raise the dead; Muhammad exhorted to patience and forbearance <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The chapter begins with a <i><a href="/wiki/Muqatta%CA%BFat" title="Muqattaʿat">Muqattaʿat</a></i>, the two-letter formula <i><a href="/wiki/He_(letter)" title="He (letter)">Hā</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mem" title="Mem">Mīm</a></i>, the last of the seven chapters to do so. In the Islamic tradition, the meanings of such formulae at the beginnings of chapters are considered to be "known only to God".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1226,_v.1_commentary_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1226,_v.1_commentary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following verses (2–9) warn against those who reject the Quran and reiterate the Quranic assertion that the verses of the Quran are revealed from God and were not composed by humans.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1225_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1225-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The verses maintain that the Quran itself is a "clear proof" of God's signs, and challenge the disbelievers to produce another scripture, or "some vestige of knowledge", to justify their rejection.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEErnst201140_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEErnst201140-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WDL1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WDL1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1226–1227,_vv._4–7_commentaries_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1226–1227,_vv._4–7_commentaries-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Verse ten describes a "witness from the Children of Israel" who accepted the revelation. Most Quranic commentators believe that this verse—unlike most of the chapter—was revealed in <a href="/wiki/Medina" title="Medina">Medina</a> and the <i>witness</i> refers to <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_ibn_Salam" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdullah ibn Salam">Abdullah ibn Salam</a>, a prominent Jew of Medina who converted to Islam, and whom Muhammad was reported to have described as one of the "People of Paradise". A minority—who believe that this verse was revealed in Mecca–say that the witness is <a href="/wiki/Moses" title="Moses">Moses</a> who accepted the Torah.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1228,_v.10_commentary_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1228,_v.10_commentary-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Verses 13 and 14 talks about the believers who "stand firm", to whom "no fear shall come ... nor shall they grieve". The exegete <a href="/wiki/Fakhr_al-Din_al-Razi" title="Fakhr al-Din al-Razi">Fakhr al-Din al-Razi</a> (1149–1209) says that this means that the believers will not have to fear punishment or many other trials on the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_eschatology" title="Islamic eschatology">Day of Judgement</a>. The believers are described as "those who say 'Our Lord is God'", without specific references to Islam, possibly meaning that this includes the adherents of all <a href="/wiki/Abrahamic_religions" title="Abrahamic religions">Abrahamic religions</a>. This is related to verse 69 <sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of <a href="/wiki/Al-Ma%27ida" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Ma'ida">Al-Ma'ida</a> which says that "those who are Jews, and the Christians, and the <a href="/wiki/Sabians" title="Sabians">Sabians</a>—whosoever believes in God and the Last Day and works righteousness" will be rewarded by God, and on them "no fear shall come ... nor shall they grieve".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1229,_vv.13–14_commentary_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1229,_vv.13–14_commentary-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Verses 15 to 17 instruct Muslims to be virtuous (<i><a href="/wiki/Ihsan" title="Ihsan">ihsan</a></i>) towards their parents and do not disobey them. A passage in verse 15 notes that a mother works hard for a period of "thirty months", bearing and nursing her child; the explicit mention of "thirty months" has implications for the calculation of the <a href="/wiki/Fetal_viability" title="Fetal viability">fetal viability</a> threshold in Islamic law (see <a href="#Fetal_viability">#Fetal viability</a> below).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1225_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1225-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1229–1330,_vv.15–17_commentary_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1229–1330,_vv.15–17_commentary-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Verses 21 to 25 contain the story of the Islamic prophet <a href="/wiki/Hud_(prophet)" title="Hud (prophet)">Hud</a>, who was sent to the people of <a href="/wiki/%CA%BF%C4%80d" title="ʿĀd">ʿĀd</a> "by the sand dunes" (Arabic: <i>fi al-Ahqaf</i>, hence the name of the chapter). The people rejected his message and were then punished by a storm that destroyed them.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1225_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1225-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1331,_vv.21–25_commentary_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1331,_vv.21–25_commentary-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next verses warn the polytheists of <a href="/wiki/Quraysh" title="Quraysh">Quraysh</a>—who opposed Muhammad's message of Islam—that they could also be destroyed just as the people of ʿĀd had been destroyed. The last verse (35) is addressed to Muhammad and instructs him to be patient in the face of rejections of his message, just as the previous <a href="/wiki/Prophets_of_Islam" class="mw-redirect" title="Prophets of Islam">prophets of Islam</a> were patient.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1225_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1225-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Revelation_history">Revelation history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Ahqaf&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Revelation history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the Islamic tradition, Al-Ahqaf is one of the late <a href="/wiki/Mecca" title="Mecca">Meccan</a> chapters, chapters which were largely revealed before prophet Muhammad's <i><a href="/wiki/Hegira" class="mw-redirect" title="Hegira">hijrah</a></i> (migration) to <a href="/wiki/Medina" title="Medina">Medina</a> in 622 <a href="/wiki/Common_Era" title="Common Era">CE</a>. Most <a href="/wiki/Tafsir" title="Tafsir">Quranic commentators</a> say that the tenth verse was revealed during the Medinian period—the period after Muhammad's <i>Hijrah</i>. There are minority opinions that say verse 15 and verse 35 were also revealed during the Medinan period. Another minority opinion argues that the entire chapter was revealed in the Meccan period.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1225_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1225-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The traditional Egyptian chronology places the chapter as 66th in order of revelation; in the <a href="/wiki/N%C3%B6ldeke_Chronology" class="mw-redirect" title="Nöldeke Chronology">chronology</a> of <a href="/wiki/Oriental_studies" title="Oriental studies">orientalist</a> <a href="/wiki/Theodor_N%C3%B6ldeke" title="Theodor Nöldeke">Theodor Nöldeke</a> it is 88th.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEErnst201140_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEErnst201140-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An academic commentary of the Quran, <a href="/wiki/The_Study_Quran" title="The Study Quran">The Study Quran</a>, based on a range of traditional commentators, dates the chapter's revelation to two years before the hijra, around the same time as the revelation of Chapter 72 <a href="/wiki/Al-Jinn" title="Al-Jinn">Al-Jinn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1225_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1225-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Ahqaf&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:09_proti_Hadramavtu_(7).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/09_proti_Hadramavtu_%287%29.jpg/220px-09_proti_Hadramavtu_%287%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/09_proti_Hadramavtu_%287%29.jpg/330px-09_proti_Hadramavtu_%287%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/09_proti_Hadramavtu_%287%29.jpg/440px-09_proti_Hadramavtu_%287%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>Sand dunes in <a href="/wiki/Rub%27_al_Khali" title="Rub' al Khali"><i>Ar Rub' Al-Khali</i> (The Empty Quarter)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hadhramaut_Governorate" title="Hadhramaut Governorate">Hadhramaut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The name <i>al-Ahqaf</i>, translated as "the sand dunes" or "the winding sand tracks", is taken from verse 21 of the chapter,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1225_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1225-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which mentions "the brother of <a href="/wiki/%CA%BF%C4%80d" title="ʿĀd">ʿĀd</a>" (a nickname for the ancient Arabian prophet <a href="/wiki/Hud_(prophet)" title="Hud (prophet)">Hud</a>), who "warned his people by the sand dunes". According to the 15th-16th century Quranic commentary <i><a href="/wiki/Tafsir_al-Jalalayn" title="Tafsir al-Jalalayn">Tafsir al-Jalalayn</a></i>, "Valley of Ahqaf" was the name of the valley, located today in Yemen, where Hud and his people lived.<sup id="cite_ref-WDL1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WDL1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1231,_v.21_commentary_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1231,_v.21_commentary-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fetal_viability">Fetal viability</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Ahqaf&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Fetal viability"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Verse 15 of the chapter talks about the period of gestation and breastfeeding, saying that "His mother bears him with hardship and she brings him forth with hardship, and the bearing of him, and the weaning of him is thirty months ...". Another verse in the Quran, <a href="/wiki/Al-Baqara" title="Al-Baqara">Chapter 2</a>, Verse 233 speaks of mothers nursing their children for two full years. Some <a href="/wiki/Fuqaha" class="mw-redirect" title="Fuqaha">Islamic jurists</a> interpret the six-month time difference between the durations found in these two verses as being the threshold of <a href="/wiki/Fetal_viability" title="Fetal viability">fetal viability</a> in Islamic law.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcGuirlCampbell2016696_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcGuirlCampbell2016696-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Based on this reasoning, Saudi Arabia's <a href="/wiki/Permanent_Committee_for_Scholarly_Research_and_Ifta" title="Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta">Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta</a> issued a <i><a href="/wiki/Fatwa" title="Fatwa">fatwa</a></i> (legal opinion) in 2008, saying that resuscitation of premature newborns was only required for infants of at least 6 lunar months (25 weeks and 2 days) gestation. In the cases of infants born before this period, the <i>fatwa</i> allowed two "specialist physicians" to study the conditions and decide whether to provide resuscitation or to leave the child to die. According to a group of Saudi pediatric practitioners, in a paper published in <i>Current Pediatric Reviews</i> in 2013, this opinion reduces the legal consequences for the deciding physicians, up to the 25th week of gestation, and accordingly Saudi hospitals are less aggressive at resuscitating premature infants below this threshold.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcGuirlCampbell2016696_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcGuirlCampbell2016696-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAl-AlaiyanAl-AbdiAlallahAl-Hazzani20135_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAl-AlaiyanAl-AbdiAlallahAl-Hazzani20135-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Ahqaf&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arabian_Desert" title="Arabian Desert">Arabian Desert</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Ahqaf&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Ahqaf&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Complete+Index+to+Sale%27s+Text%2C+Preliminary+Discourse%2C+and+Notes&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Kegan+Paul%2C+Trench%2C+Trubner%2C+and+Co&rft.date=1896&rft.aulast=Wherry&rft.aufirst=Elwood+Morris&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAl-Ahqaf" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public Domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1226,_v.1_commentary-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1226,_v.1_commentary_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFThe_Study_Quran">The Study Quran</a>, p. 1226, v.1 commentary.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1225-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1225_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1225_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1225_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1225_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1225_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1225_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1225_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFThe_Study_Quran">The Study Quran</a>, p. 1225.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEErnst201140-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEErnst201140_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEErnst201140_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFErnst2011">Ernst 2011</a>, p. 40.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WDL1-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WDL1_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WDL1_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wdl.org/en/item/6801">"Qur'anic Verses (56:77-9) on Carpet Page"</a>. <a href="/wiki/World_Digital_Library" title="World Digital Library">World Digital Library</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 March</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Qur%27anic+Verses+%2856%3A77-9%29+on+Carpet+Page&rft.pub=World+Digital+Library&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wdl.org%2Fen%2Fitem%2F6801&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAl-Ahqaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1226–1227,_vv._4–7_commentaries-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1226–1227,_vv._4–7_commentaries_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFThe_Study_Quran">The Study Quran</a>, pp. 1226–1227, vv. 4–7 commentaries.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1228,_v.10_commentary-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1228,_v.10_commentary_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFThe_Study_Quran">The Study Quran</a>, p. 1228, v.10 commentary.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Muhammad Asad, Message of the Quran,1980</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1229,_vv.13–14_commentary-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1229,_vv.13–14_commentary_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFThe_Study_Quran">The Study Quran</a>, p. 1229, vv.13–14 commentary.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1229–1330,_vv.15–17_commentary-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1229–1330,_vv.15–17_commentary_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFThe_Study_Quran">The Study Quran</a>, pp. 1229–1330, vv.15–17 commentary.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1331,_vv.21–25_commentary-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1331,_vv.21–25_commentary_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFThe_Study_Quran">The Study Quran</a>, pp. 1331, vv.21–25 commentary.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1231,_v.21_commentary-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Study_Quran1231,_v.21_commentary_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFThe_Study_Quran">The Study Quran</a>, p. 1231, v.21 commentary.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcGuirlCampbell2016696-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcGuirlCampbell2016696_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcGuirlCampbell2016696_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMcGuirlCampbell2016">McGuirl & Campbell 2016</a>, p. 696.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAl-AlaiyanAl-AbdiAlallahAl-Hazzani20135-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAl-AlaiyanAl-AbdiAlallahAl-Hazzani20135_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAl-AlaiyanAl-AbdiAlallahAl-Hazzani2013">Al-Alaiyan et al. 2013</a>, p. 5.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Ahqaf&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAl-AlaiyanAl-AbdiAlallahAl-Hazzani2013" class="citation journal cs1">Al-Alaiyan, Saleh; Al-Abdi, Sameer; Alallah, Jubara; Al-Hazzani, Fahad; AlFaleh, Khalid (2013). "Pre-viable Newborns in Saudi Arabia: Where are We Now and What the Future May Hold?". <i>Current Pediatric Reviews</i>. <b>9</b> (39). <a href="/wiki/Bentham_Science_Publishers" title="Bentham Science Publishers">Bentham Science</a>: 4–8. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2174%2F157339613805289497">10.2174/157339613805289497</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Current+Pediatric+Reviews&rft.atitle=Pre-viable+Newborns+in+Saudi+Arabia%3A+Where+are+We+Now+and+What+the+Future+May+Hold%3F&rft.volume=9&rft.issue=39&rft.pages=4-8&rft.date=2013&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2174%2F157339613805289497&rft.aulast=Al-Alaiyan&rft.aufirst=Saleh&rft.au=Al-Abdi%2C+Sameer&rft.au=Alallah%2C+Jubara&rft.au=Al-Hazzani%2C+Fahad&rft.au=AlFaleh%2C+Khalid&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAl-Ahqaf" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFErnst2011" class="citation book cs1">Ernst, Carl W. (5 December 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Pi2lPiUgEnIC"><i>How to Read the Qur'an: A New Guide, with Select Translations</i></a>. 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"Understanding the role of religious views in the discussion about resuscitation at the threshold of viability". <i><a href="/wiki/Journal_of_Perinatology" title="Journal of Perinatology">Journal of Perinatology</a></i>. <b>36</b> (9). <a href="/wiki/Springer_Nature" title="Springer Nature">Springer Nature</a>: 694–698. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fjp.2016.104">10.1038/jp.2016.104</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27562182">27562182</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Perinatology&rft.atitle=Understanding+the+role+of+religious+views+in+the+discussion+about+resuscitation+at+the+threshold+of+viability&rft.volume=36&rft.issue=9&rft.pages=694-698&rft.date=2016&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1038%2Fjp.2016.104&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F27562182&rft.aulast=McGuirl&rft.aufirst=J.&rft.au=Campbell%2C+D.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAl-Ahqaf" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThe_Study_Quran" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Seyyed_Hossein_Nasr" title="Seyyed Hossein Nasr">Seyyed Hossein Nasr</a>; Caner K. Dagli; Maria Massi Dakake; Joseph E.B. Lumbard; Mohammed Rustom, eds. (2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=GVSzBgAAQBAJ"><i>The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York, NY</a>: HarperCollins. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-112586-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-112586-7"><bdi>978-0-06-112586-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Study+Quran%3A+A+New+Translation+and+Commentary&rft.place=New+York%2C+NY&rft.pub=HarperCollins&rft.date=2015&rft.isbn=978-0-06-112586-7&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DGVSzBgAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAl-Ahqaf" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al-Fatiha" title="Al-Fatiha">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Baqara" title="Al-Baqara">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Imran" title="Al Imran">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/An-Nisa" title="An-Nisa">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Ma%27idah" title="Al-Ma'idah">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-An%27am" title="Al-An'am">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-A%27raf" title="Al-A'raf">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Anfal" title="Al-Anfal">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/At-Tawbah" title="At-Tawbah">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yunus_(surah)" title="Yunus (surah)">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hud_(surah)" title="Hud (surah)">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yusuf_(surah)" title="Yusuf (surah)">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ar-Ra%27d" title="Ar-Ra'd">13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_(surah)" title="Ibrahim (surah)">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Hejr" title="Al Hejr">15</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Al-Ankabut" title="Al-Ankabut">29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ar-Rum" title="Ar-Rum">30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luqman_(s%C5%ABrah)" title="Luqman (sūrah)">31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/As-Sajdah" title="As-Sajdah">32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-A%E1%B8%A5z%C4%81b" title="Al-Aḥzāb">33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saba_(surah)" title="Saba (surah)">34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatir" title="Fatir">35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ya-Sin" title="Ya-Sin">36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/As-Saaffat" title="As-Saaffat">37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E1%B9%A2%C4%81d_(surah)" title="Ṣād (surah)">38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Az-Zumar" title="Az-Zumar">39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghafir" title="Ghafir">40</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">41–60</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fussilat" title="Fussilat">41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ash-Shura" title="Ash-Shura">42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Az-Zukhruf" title="Az-Zukhruf">43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ad-Dukhan" title="Ad-Dukhan">44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Jathiya" title="Al-Jathiya">45</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_(surah)" title="Muhammad (surah)">47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Fath" title="Al-Fath">48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Hujurat" title="Al-Hujurat">49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qaf_(surah)" title="Qaf (surah)">50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adh-Dhariyat" title="Adh-Dhariyat">51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/At-Tur" title="At-Tur">52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/An-Najm" title="An-Najm">53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qamar" title="Al-Qamar">54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ar-Rahman" title="Ar-Rahman">55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Waqi%27a" title="Al-Waqi'a">56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Hadid" title="Al-Hadid">57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Mujadila" title="Al-Mujadila">58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Hashr" title="Al-Hashr">59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Mumtahanah" title="Al-Mumtahanah">60</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">61–80</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/As-Saff" title="As-Saff">61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Jumu%27ah" title="Al-Jumu'ah">62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Munafiqun" title="Al-Munafiqun">63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/At-Taghabun" title="At-Taghabun">64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/At-Talaq" title="At-Talaq">65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/At-Tahrim" title="At-Tahrim">66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Mulk" title="Al-Mulk">67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qalam" title="Al-Qalam">68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Haqqa" title="Al-Haqqa">69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Maarij" title="Al-Maarij">70</a></li> 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