Back Surat Al-Mu'min ACE Ghafir Afrikaans سورة غافر Arabic سورة غافر ARZ Mumin surəsi Azerbaijani غافر سورهسی AZB Ғафир сүрәһе Bashkir সূরা মু'মিন Bengali/Bangla El-Mu'min BS غافر CKB
| غافر Ghāfir The Forgiver | |
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| Classification | Meccan |
| Alternate titles (Ar.) | (Sūrat al-Muʼmin) سورة المؤمن |
| Other names | The Forgiving One, The Believer, Forgiving |
| Position | Juzʼ 24 |
| No. of verses | 85 |
| No. of Rukus | 9 |
| No. of words | 1226 |
| No. of letters | 5108 |
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Ghafir[1] (Arabic: غافر, ghāfir; meaning: "The All-Forgiving", referring to God), also known as Al-Muʼmin (Arabic: المؤمن, ’al-mu’min; meaning: The Believer),[2] is the 40th chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an, with 85 verses (āyāt). It takes its name from verse 28,[3] which mentions a distinguished believer from among the clan of the Pharaoh who supported Moses, referring to him as a "believing man", hence al-Mu'min; The Believer. However, this surah is most often called al-Ghafir (the All-Forgiving) because of the Divine Name mentioned in verse 3.[4]
Regarding the timing and contextual background of the believed revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is a "Meccan surah", which means it is believed to have been revealed in Mecca, rather than later in Medina.
- ^ Ibn Kathir. "Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Surah Al Momin - Ghāfir". Quran 4 U. Tafsir. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ The 1698 Maracci Quran notes some chapters have two or more titles, occasioned by the existence of different copies in the Arabic.(George Sale Preliminary discourse 3)
- ^ "Ghafir 40:28". The Noble Qur'an.
- ^ Ünal, Ali, author. (2006). The Qurʼan with annotated interpretation in modern English. p. 971. ISBN 978-1-59784-000-2. OCLC 1002857525.
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