100 Surah Aadiyaat

Surat Al-Adiyat is the 100th surah of the Qur'an with 11 verses (ayat). Hamiduddin Farahi is a celebrated Islamic scholar of Indian subcontinent is known for his groundbreaking work on the concept of Nazm, or Coherence, in the Quran. He writes that Some surahs have been given names after some conspicuous words used in them [Jalaluddin Al-Suyuti co-author of the classical Sunni tafsir known as Tafsir al-Jalalayn suggests that some of the surahs have been named using incipits (i.e. the first few words of the surah). The Surah has been so designated after the word ash-shams with which it opens.--- Updated: 2018-08-18