The nice comment on the book of cards identifying the surahs of the Holy Qur’an | D. Muhammad Nassif

0:00 In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

0:30 The Subtle Commentary

0:32 upon the book *Introductory Profiles

0:35 of the Chapters of the Noble Qur'an*

0:38 by Dr. Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn 'Umar Nasif,

0:42 may Allah preserve him.

0:44 Surah al-Jumu'ah.

0:46 In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

0:48 Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds,

0:50 and may peace and blessings be upon the Seal of the Prophets and Messengers,

0:52 and upon his family and all his Companions.

0:55 We continue with our subtle commentary on the profile cards,

0:58 and we have arrived at Surah al-Jumu'ah.

1:00 I have three points to highlight regarding it.

1:02 The first point

1:04 concerns what was mentioned regarding its name.

1:06 For it is mentioned here in the book:

1:08 "Al-Jumu'ah, which is its well-known name in the Qur'anic codices,

1:10 due to the occurrence of the word 'al-Jumu'ah' in it."

1:12 Perhaps it would be better to amend this phrasing,

1:16 so it would state: "Due to the mention of..."

1:18 — beginning with the word 'al-Jumu'ah' —

1:20 "due to the mention of this explicit term near its end,"

1:25 namely the explicit word 'al-Jumu'ah' in:

1:27 "When the call is proclaimed for the prayer on Friday (the Day of Jumu'ah)...",

1:29 "along with the fact that its third passage

1:33 discusses the rulings of Jumu'ah."

1:35 The first justification is verbal (textual),

1:37 and the second is thematic.

1:39 For the rulings of Friday—

1:41 some of its rulings are mentioned

1:43 in this third,

1:45 final section of the surah.

1:47 Therefore, it should be stated in the phrasing

1:49 explaining the name of the surah:

1:51 "Due to the mention of this word—

1:53 due to the mention of this word near its end,

1:55 along with the fact that its third passage

1:57 discusses the rulings of Jumu'ah,"

1:59 and then it should be added:

2:01 "and because what precedes it serves as a prelude to it."

2:05 This is another matter,

2:07 which is that the entire surah,

2:09 even if it is not,

2:11 in all of its verses, exclusively about the rulings of Jumu'ah,

2:13 is nevertheless intimately connected

2:15 to those very rulings.

2:17 For everything that precedes it from the beginning of the surah

2:19 is essentially a prelude

2:21 to what is mentioned at the end of the surah;

2:23 in fact, it is a prelude to the very last verse

2:25 in the surah: "And when they saw

2:27 a transaction or an amusement..."

2:29 This is further clarified by the second point,

2:31 which pertains to the occasion of revelation (sabab al-nuzul).

2:33 The author stated here: "A single occasion of revelation

2:35 to which the entire surah is tied."

2:37 However, if you examine

2:39 the occasion of revelation, you will find

2:41 that the incident

2:43 concludes with the revelation of

2:45 the end of the surah: "And when they saw

2:47 a transaction or an amusement..."

2:49 But

2:50 when you refer back to

2:52 some of what has been narrated concerning the surah—

2:54 which is cited here in the context of the order

2:56 of the surah's revelation—Abu Hurayrah,

2:58 may Allah be pleased with him, narrated the hadith

3:00 stating

3:02 that they were sitting with the Prophet (peace be upon him)

3:04 when Surah al-Jumu'ah was revealed to him.

3:06 From this, Ibn 'Ashur deduced

3:08 several matters, including that it was revealed—

3:10 meaning the surah—all at once.

3:12 He also deduced from this that it

3:14 was revealed after the conversion to Islam

3:16 of Abu Hurayrah.

3:18 If it was indeed revealed all at once,

3:20 it is only fitting—given that it was sent down

3:22 regarding an event—that

3:24 the verses

3:26 would all be connected to that event.

3:28 Among them is the overt connection found at the end of the surah,

3:30 and among them is what serves as

3:32 a prelude, as

3:34 will become clearer in the third point.

3:36 The third point

3:38 concerns the opening of the surah. The author stated:

3:40 "It opens with a declarative sentence."

3:42 A clarification was made previously and I reiterate it here:

3:44 this is not simply an opening

3:46 with a declarative sentence, even though it contains declarative information.

3:48 Rather, we have proceeded in this book

3:50 according to the terminology

3:52 of Imam al-Suyuti and his classification

3:54 which he adopted, even though

3:56 he transmitted it from scholars before him,

3:58 in which he categorizes surahs

4:00 that open with the praise

4:02 of Allah as a distinct category

4:04 of Quranic openings.

4:06 And this surah

4:08 is among those surahs that open

4:10 with the praise of Allah,

4:12 the Exalted and Glorified.

4:14 It opens with praise in general,

4:16 and then it belongs to the surahs

4:18 that begin specifically with glorification (tasbih).

4:20 Specifically,

4:22 it is general praise,

4:24 and then it is specifically glorification.

4:26 Surahs that open with praise

4:28 include those beginning with tahmid (Alhamdulillah),

4:30 those beginning with tabrik (Tabarak alladhi),

4:32 such as "Blessed is He...",

4:35 and those beginning with tasbih (Subhana / Yusabbihu / Sabbahe).

4:37 Tasbih appears in various morphological forms,

4:39 unlike tahmid and tabrik;

4:41 for tahmid is consistently expressed

4:43 with the phrasing 'Al-hamdu lillah', and tabrik with 'Tabarak alladhi'.

4:48 As for tasbih, it varies, and thus it is appropriate to add this phrasing:

4:53 "And tasbih in it occurs in the present/imperfect tense form,"

4:56 referring to Surah al-Jumu'ah.

4:58 For there are surahs where it appears in the past tense, in the imperative, and in the verbal noun form,

5:03 across these surahs, some of which will be discussed later, if Allah wills.

5:07 This surah opens with the imperfect (present) tense,

5:10 and this is what I wished to reflect upon in this third point.

5:15 Its occurrence in the imperfect tense

5:18 is perfectly suited to the reason the surah was revealed,

5:22 and it reinforces that these verses—

5:25 beginning with Allah's words: "Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth exalts Allah,

5:28 the Sovereign, the Pure, the Exalted in Might, the Wise"—

5:31 are a prelude to the final verse in the surah:

5:34 "And when they saw a transaction or an amusement..."

5:37 That is because the imperfect tense denotes continuity

5:39 and renewal in this context,

5:42 the context of extolling the Lord of the earth and the heavens.

5:45 Meanwhile, those Muslims who turned away from the Friday sermon

5:49 ceased the remembrance of Allah and became preoccupied with what distracted them;

5:54 thus, the opening of the surah came to caution and remind

5:59 that Allah, the Exalted, is completely free of need of them,

6:04 and that all creation continually glorifies Him,

6:07 even if they were to turn away from the remembrance of Allah, the Exalted.

6:11 This suffices for our discussion of this magnificent surah.

6:14 May Allah's peace and blessings be upon our Prophet and all his Companions,

6:16 and praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

The nice comment on the book of cards identifying the surahs of the Holy Qur’an | D. Muhammad Nassif | Surah Friday

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