Az-Zumar

Sura 39 of the Quran
الزمر; Az-Zumar; The Troops
	Arabic text; English translation;
Classification	Meccan
Other names	The Throngs, The Companies
Position	Juzʼ 23, 24
No. of Rukus	8
No. of verses	75

Az-Zumar (Arabic: الزمر‎, "The Troops, The Throngs") is the 39th chapter (surah), of the Qur'an, the central religious text of Islam. It contains 75 verses (ayat). This surah derives its name from the Arabic word zumar (troops) that occurs in verses 71 and 73. Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is believed to have been revealed in the mid-Maccan period[1] when persecutions of the Muslim believers by the polytheists had escalated.[1]

Some famous verses of Az-Zumar seen in the tilings of Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf, Iraq, 1994.

Content

The surah expounds the signs of God's Oneness (tawhid) in the natural world and emphasizes the absurdity of associating partners with God. It also hints at emigration for the believers who were suffering great difficulties in worshiping God in their homeland. It also declares that there can be no reconciliation between believing in God's Oneness and association partners with God. The chapter also reminds readers of the other world, where Muslims believe people will see the outcome of their own deeds.[2]

Exegesis (Tafsir)

Verse: 9:5[3]

Translation: He created the heavens and earth in truth. He wraps the night over the day and wraps the day over the night and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term. Unquestionably, He is the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver.[2]

According to Unal: the word "wraps" in this verse is a simile, which alludes both to the earth's being rounded and to differences in the times of sunrise and sunset.[4]

References

Ünal, Ali, author. The Qurʼan with annotated interpretation in modern English. p. 944. ISBN 978-1-59784-000-2. OCLC 1002857525.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
"Az-Zumar". The Noble Qur'an.
"Az-Zumar 39:5". The Noble Qur'an.
Ünal, Ali, author. The Qurʼan with annotated interpretation in modern English. p. 945. ISBN 978-1-59784-000-2. OCLC 1002857525.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[:0-1] Ünal, Ali, author. The Qurʼan with annotated interpretation in modern English. p. 944. ISBN 978-1-59784-000-2. OCLC 1002857525.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[:1-2] "Az-Zumar". The Noble Qur'an.

[3] "Az-Zumar 39:5". The Noble Qur'an.

[4] Ünal, Ali, author. The Qurʼan with annotated interpretation in modern English. p. 945. ISBN 978-1-59784-000-2. OCLC 1002857525.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)