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سُورَةُ الأَعۡلَىٰ · 87:9
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فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

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So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

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Introduction

This is āyah 9 of Sūrat Al-A'laa (The Most High), the 8th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 30. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
8 of 114
Surah
Al-A'laa (87)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

The Virtues of Surat Al-A'la This Surah was revealed in Makkah before the migration to Al-Madinah. The proof of this is what Al-Bukhari recorded from Al-Bara' bin 'Azib, that he said, "The first people to come to us (in Al-Madinah) from the Companions of the Prophet were ﷺ Mus'ab bin 'Umayr and Ibn Umm Maktum, who taught us the Qur'an; then 'Ammar, Bilal and Sa'd came. Then 'Umar bin Al-Khattab came with a group of twenty people, after which the Prophet ﷺ came. I have not seen the people of Al-Madinah happier with anything more than their happiness with his coming (to Al-Madinah). This was reached to such an extent that I saw the children and little ones saying, 'This is the Messenger of Allah who has come.' Thus, he came, but he did not come until after I had already recited (i.e., learned how to recite) سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى (Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High.)…
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.

Verified isnād chains for this āyah will be added by curators.

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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