Ayat 1
قَدْ اَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ ۙ ١
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1. Certainly will the believers have succeeded:
Asbab Al-Nuzul
(Successful indeed are the believers) [23:1]. The judge Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Hiri informed us by dictation> the chamberlain of Ahmad al-Tusi> Muhammad ibn Hammad al-Abiwardi> ‘Abd al-Razzaq> Yunus ibn Sulayman> Yunus al-Ayli by dictation> Ibn Shihab> ‘Urwah ibn al-Zubayr> ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Abd al-Qari’ who said: “I heard ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab say: ‘When the revelation came to the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, one could hear at the level of his face buzzing like the buzzing of bees. Once, he remained in this state for a while and then turned toward the qiblah, raised his hands and said: ‘O Allah, give us more and do not take away from us; honour us and do not humiliate us; grant us and do not deprive us; prefer us and do not prefer anyone over us; make us pleased and be pleased with us’. Then he said: ‘Ten verses have just been revealed to me; whoever practises them will enter the Garden’. He then read: (Successful indeed are the believers) up to the tenth verse’ ”. This was narrated by al-Hakim Abu ‘Abd Allah in his Sahih from Abu Bakr al-Qati'i from ‘Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal> Ahmad ibn Hanbal from ‘Abd al-Razzaq.
Ayat 2
الَّذِيْنَ هُمْ فِيْ صَلَاتِهِمْ خٰشِعُوْنَ ٢
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2. They who are during their prayer humbly submissive
Asbab Al-Nuzul
(Who are humble in their prayers…) [23:2]. ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad al-‘Attar informed us> Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Nu‘aym> Ahmad ibn Ya‘qub al-Thaqafi> Abu Shu‘ayb al-Harrani> his father> Isma‘il ibn ‘Uliyyah> Muhammad ibn Sirin> Abu Hurayrah who reported that the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, used to look toward the sky in his prayer, and so this verse was revealed (Who are humble in their prayers).
Ayat 14
ثُمَّ خَلَقْنَا النُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْعَلَقَةَ مُضْغَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْمُضْغَةَ عِظٰمًا فَكَسَوْنَا الْعِظٰمَ لَحْمًا ثُمَّ اَنْشَأْنٰهُ خَلْقًا اٰخَرَۗ فَتَبَارَكَ اللّٰهُ اَحْسَنُ الْخٰلِقِيْنَۗ ١٤
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14. Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allah, the best of creators.
Asbab Al-Nuzul
(So blessed be Allah, the Best of creators!) [23:14]. Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Hafiz informed us> ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Hayyan> Muhammad ibn Sulayman> Ahmad ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Suwayd ibn Manjuf> Abu Dawud> Hammad ibn Salamah> ‘Ali ibn Zayd ibn Jud‘an> Anas ibn Malik who reported that ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be well pleased with him, said: “My words agreed with those of my Lord in four instances. I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, why do we not pray behind the Maqam [were Abraham stood to pray]’, and Allah, exalted is He, revealed (… Take as your place of worship the place where Abraham stood (to pray)…) [2:125]. And I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, why do you not put a curtain [to protect your wives from the gaze of men]?’ And so Allah, exalted is He, revealed: (And when ye ask of them (the wives of the Prophet) anything, ask it of them from behind a curtain…) [33:53]. I also said to the wives of the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace: ‘You had better take heed or Allah, glorious is He, will give the Prophet instead of you wives who are better than you’. And so Allah, exalted is He, revealed (It may happen that his Lord, if he divorce you, will give him in your stead wives better than you) [66:5]. And when the verse (Verily We created man from a product of wet earth) [23:12] up to His words (… and the produced it as another creation) [23:14] were revealed, I exclaimed: ‘So blessed be Allah, the Best of creators!’ and the end of the verse was revealed as: (So blessed be Allah, the Best of creators!)’ ”.
Ayat 76
وَلَقَدْ اَخَذْنٰهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ فَمَا اسْتَكَانُوْا لِرَبِّهِمْ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُوْنَ ٧٦
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76. And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]
Asbab Al-Nuzul
(Already have We grasped them with punishment, but they humble not themselves unto their Lord) [23:76]. Abu’l-Qasim ibn ‘Abdan informed us> Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Dabbi> Abu’l-‘Abbas al-Sayyari> Muhammad ibn Musa ibn Hatim> ‘Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Shaqiq> al-Husayn ibn Waqid> Yazid alNahwi> ‘Ikrimah> Ibn ‘Abbas who said: “Abu Sufyan went to the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, and said: ‘O Muhammad, I beseech you by Allah and our ties of kinship, we have eaten hair mixed with blood’, and so Allah, exalted is He, revealed (Already have We grasped them with punishment, but they humble not themselves unto their Lord, nor do they pray)”. Ibn ‘Abbas said: “When Thumamah ibn Athal al-Hanafi was brought to the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, as a prisoner and the latter embraced Islam, he set him free. Thumamah returned to al-Yamamah and prevented the people of Mecca from getting any provisions from al-Yamamah. Allah, exalted is He, sent upon Quraysh years of scarcity until they were forced to eat animal hair mixed with blood. Abu Sufyan went to see the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, and said: ‘I beseech you by Allah and our ties of kinship; do you not claim that you have been sent a mercy unto the worlds’. He said: ‘Indeed!’ Abu Sufyan said: ‘But you have killed fathers with the sword and children with hunger’, and so Allah, exalted is He, revealed this verse”.