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سُورَةُ النُّورِ · 24:48
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وَإِذَا دُعُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِذَا فَرِيقٌۭ مِّنْهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ

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And when they are called to [the words of] Allah and His Messenger to judge between them, at once a party of them turns aside [in refusal].

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Introduction

This is āyah 48 of Sūrat An-Noor (The Light), the 102nd sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Medinan period and sits within Juzʾ 18. Medinan verses often address community life, law, and the building of society.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Medinan
Order revealed
102 of 114
Surah
An-Noor (24)
Occasion of revelation · Al-Wahidi

(And when they appeal unto Allah and His messenger to judge between them�) [24:48]. The commentators of the Qur�an said: �This verse and the verse after it were revealed about Bishr, the hypocrite, and his opponent, a Jewish person, regarding their dispute over a piece of land. The Jew kept dragging Bishr to the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, in order that he judges between them while the hypocrite kept dragging the Jew to Ka�b al-Ashraf, saying: �Muhammad will be unfair with us!� � This incident has already been mentioned upon dealing with the words of Allah (� how they would go for judgment (in their dispute) to false deities�) in Surah al-Nisa� [4:60].

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

They say: "We have believed in Allah and in the Messenger, and we obey," then a party of them turn away thereafter, such are not believers (47)And when they are called to Allah and His Messenger, to judge between them, lo! a party of them refuses and turns away (48)But if the truth is on their side, they come to him willingly with submission (49)Is there a disease in their hearts? Or do they doubt or fear lest Allah and His Messenger should wrong them in judgement. Nay, it is they themselves who are the wrongdoers (50)The only saying of the faithful believers, when they are called to Allah and His Messenger, to judge between them, is that they say: "We hear and we obey." And such are the successful (51)And whosoever obeys Allah and His Messenger, fears Allah, and has Taqwa of Him, such are the successful (52) The Treachery of the Hypocrites and the Attitude of the Believers Allah tells…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

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Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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