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SURAH AS-SAFF

• Classification: Medinan
• Other names: The Column, The Ranks, Battle Array
• Position: Juzʼ 28
• No. of Rukus: 2
• No. of verses: 14
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HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE
Period of Revelation
• This Surah was sent down in the period closely following the Battle of Uhud.

Major Issues, Divine Laws and Guidance:

• Believers are commanded not to say something that they won't do.
• The Prophet Isa (Jesus) gave the good news of a Rasool coming after him whose name would be
Ahmed (Muhammad-pbuh).
• A bargain to save oneself from the hellfire is to believe in Allah, His Rasool and strive your
utmost (Jihad) in the cause of Allah with one's wealth and person.
• Believers are commanded to be the helpers of Allah like the disciples of Isa (JESUS -PBUH).
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THEME

• This Surah presses the Muslims to adopt sincerity in Faith and to struggle with their lives in
the cause of Allah.
• It is addressed to Muslims of weak faith as well as to those who entered Islam as a cover-up.
• The believers are warned; "Allah hates those people who say one thing and do another, and
He loves those who fight in the cause of Truth like a solid wall against the enemies of Allah."
• Their attitude towards their Rasool and their Religion should not be like the attitude that the
Israelites had adopted towards their Rasools: Moses and Jesus (peace be upon them).
• The proclamation is made with the challenge that the Jews, the Christians and the hypocrites
who are conspiring with them may try however hard they may extinguish this Light of Allah,
but it will shine forth and spread in the world.
• The believers are told that the way to success both in this world and in the Hereafter is to
believe in Allah and His Rasool sincerely and should use their utmost in Allah's Way with their
persons and their wealth.
• Finally, the believers are exhorted to be like the disciples of the Prophet Jesus, who helped
him in the cause of Allah.
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HADITH

• Abdullah ibn Salam narrated: “A group of us Companions of the Messenger of Allah (‫)ﷺ‬
sat talking, and we said:
• ‘If we knew which deed was most beloved to Allah, then we would do it.’
• So, Allah, Most High, revealed:
Whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on the earth glorifies Allah. And He is
Almighty, the All-Wise. O you who believe! Why do you say that which you do not do? As-
Saff (1-2)

Sunan al-Tirmidhi English reference: Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3309 Arabic reference: Book 47, Hadith 3624
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THANKS FOR THE ATTENTION