About Surah Ibrahim

Distinguishing itself from other chapters opening with the letters Alif-Lām-Rā’, this text takes its name from the patriarch’s prayer for Makkah. Counted as the 70th revelation by Jābir ibn Zayd, it wields Abraham's pure monotheism to challenge the Quraysh polytheists claiming his descent. Authorities place its fifty-two verses in the Makkan era, though an address to ringleaders who led their people to ruin is sometimes read as an allusion to the polytheists at Badr.

The revelation opens by defining its own purpose—bringing mankind from darkness into light—and consoles the Prophet by showing how messengers like Moses faced identical rejection. It sweeps through the destroyed nations of Nūḥ and ʿĀd, then contrasts Islam and polytheism through the parable of a goodly word versus an evil one.

Following Abraham’s invocation for a secure city, the verses strip away the Meccans' false claim to his legacy. Beyond these immediate disputes, the scope expands outward from the ancient patriarch, leaving a single reality standing before humanity: "This is a message for mankind."

Surah 14 of 114Makkan

Ibrahim

ابراهيم Abraham

Verses: 52
Revelation: Makkan
Juz: 13
Pages: 255–261

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

14:1

Alif Lam Ra This is a Scripture which We have sent down to you [Prophet] so that, with their Lord’s permission, you may bring people from the depths of darkness into light, to the path of the Almighty, the Praiseworthy One,

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14:2

God, to whom everything in the heavens and earth belongs. How terrible will be the torment of those who ignore [Him],

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14:3

those who prefer the life of this world over the life to come, who turn others from God’s way, trying to make it crooked: such people have gone far astray.

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14:4

We have never sent a messenger who did not use his own people’s language to make things clear for them. But still God leaves whoever He will to stray, and guides whoever He will: He is the Almighty, the All Wise.

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14:5

We sent Moses with Our signs: ‘Bring out your people from the depths of darkness into light. Remind them of the Days of God:there truly are signs in this for every steadfast, thankful person.’

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14:6

And so Moses said to his people, ‘Remember God’s blessing on you when He saved you from Pharaoh’s people, who were inflicting terrible suffering on you, slaughtering your sons and sparing only your women––that was a severe test from your Lord!

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14:7

Remember that He promised, “If you are thankful, I will give you more, but if you are thankless, My punishment is terrible indeed.” ’

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14:8

And Moses said, ‘Even if you, together with everybody else on earth, are thankless, God is self-sufficient, worthy of all praise.’

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14:9

Have you not heard about those who went before you, the people of Noah, Ad, Thamud, and those who lived after them, known only to God? Their messengers came to them with clear proof, but they tried to silence them, saying, ‘We do not believe the message with which you were sent. We have disturbing doubts about what you are asking us to do.’

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