047-Surah-Muhammad.pdf

Surat Muhammad (Arabic: "Chapter of Muhammad") is the 47th surah of the Qur'an with 38 ayat. The title is derived from the direct mentioning of the Islamic Nabi (Arabic: Prophet) Muhammad in 47:2, which translates to fighting due to the context of the surah. This surah pertains to a specific conflict that arose from people prohibiting the acceptance and spread of Islam. It refers to the Battle of Badr, where an army was being gathered to attack Medina. The Battle of Badr took place during Ramadan, in year 2 of the Islamic calendar. Those who desert jihad, do corruption, and sever ties of kinship are cursed by Allah. Deprivation of Divine Mercy is the consequence of our own acts. The blessed Verse says that such people, i.e., hypocrites, who do corruption in the land and sever the ties of kinship incur Divine damnation, as a consequence of which God has made them deaf and blinded their sight so that they do not perceive the apparent and concealed signs --- Updated: 2018-08-18