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Surah 025 · Makkah

Al-Furqān

الفرقان

"The Criterion"

Number
25 of 114
Verses
77
Revealed
Makkah

The Qurʾan as the distinguisher between truth and falsehood.

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22 passages reference this surah

From 15 books in our audiobook library. Each passage is also spoken aloud in the app.

Book 18: The Book of Listening and Ecstasy
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din
  1. "exudes what is within it. Thus, hearing is a true touchstone and a vocal criterion for the heart. The essence of hearing does not reach it without stirring its predominant traits. When hearts, by nature, are obedient to hearing, until they express their hidden thoughts through"

Book 32: Patience and Gratitude
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
  1. "silent. This kind of patience is forbidden. Disliked patience is enduring harm that comes from a source undesirable in religion. Thus, the law of religion should be the criterion for patience. The idea that patience constitutes half of faith should not lead you to believe"

Hud, Salih & the Destroyed Nations
Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets
  1. "Ad and Thamud in his book, as in Surat At-Tawbah, Ibrahim, Al-Furqan, Surah Sa'd, Surah Qaf, Al-Najm, and Al-Fajr. It is said that the people of the book do not know their news, and they are not mentioned in their book the Torah. However, in the Qur'an, there is evidence"

  2. "Al-Furqan, Al-Anqabut, and in the Surah of Sa'd, and in the Surah of Qaf. Let us recount the content of the story gathered from these narratives along with additional reports. We have previously indicated that they were the first nations to worship idols after the"

Book 12: Book of Marriage
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
  1. "fertile with these traits. The sixth criterion is that she should be a virgin. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said to Jabir, who had married a non-virgin, Why not a virgin, so you will play with her and she will play with you? There are three benefits"

  2. "When asked to clarify, he explained, A beautiful woman from an evil upbringing. He also advised, Choose carefully for your seed, for inheritance can be traced. The eighth criterion is to avoid marrying close relatives, as this can diminish desire."

  3. "as the firstborn love is often the strongest. The seventh criterion for choosing a spouse is noble lineage. This means she should come from a family known for their religious commitment"

Book 27: Condemnation of Miserliness and Love of Wealth
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
  1. "or asking which involves humiliation and undermines respect. Thirdly, managing the amount earned, avoiding excess or insufficiency, but taking the required amount with need as the standard criterion, clothing, shelter, and nourishment. Each of these needs has three"

Book 22: The Book of Disciplining the Soul
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din
  1. "And in Surah Al-Furqan, He describes, And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth humbly, and when the ignorant address them, they say, Peace. Anyone uncertain about their own character should measure themselves against these verses."

Book 5: The Mysteries of Zakat
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
  1. "appearance of goodness, justifying it with the five meanings we mentioned. The criterion for all of this, its touchstone, is a single matter, that one's distress at the disclosure of receiving charity is like their distress at the disclosure of charity"

  2. "from the sunnah and secrecy is ostentation. He introduces these ideas to persuade one towards display, while the hidden intention is as we have expressed. The criterion for this, the touchstone, is to see one's inclination towards gratitude"

The Story of Musa
Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets
  1. "Such errors cannot be found or known elsewhere. God the Exalted said in Surah al-Anbiya, And We gave Moses and Aaron the criterion, and a light and reminder for the righteous who fear their Lord in the unseen while they are of the hour apprehensive."

  2. "and as a guardian over it. The Quran serves as a criterion over all other Books, confirming them and clarifying the distortions and changes that have occurred within them. The people of the Book were entrusted with their Scriptures,"

  3. "and He sent down the Criterion. Indeed, those who disbelieve in the signs of God will have a severe punishment and God is mighty, possessing retribution.'" In Surah Al-An'am, God also said,"

The Destroyed Nations & Yunus
Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets
  1. "Allah knows best, that it is not transmitted as part of the hadith. This suggests that every nation destroyed altogether was before Moses, peace be upon him. Among these nations were the people of Ar-Ras, Allah Almighty mentions in Surat al-Furqan,"

Book 10: The Mysteries of Regular Divisions
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
  1. "virtuous times does not succeed. Six of these nights are in Ramadan. Five are the odd nights in the last ten days, during which Laylat al-Qadr is sought, and the night of the seventeenth of Ramadan, known as the Day of Criterion when the Battle of"

  2. "as both are times of heedlessness, one due to sleep and the other due to worldly distractions. As Allah says in Surah Al-Furqan, And it is He who made the night and the day in succession"

Book 9: The Mysteries of Supplication
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
  1. "the Torah of Musa, the Gospel of Isa, the Psalms of Dawud, and the criterion of Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him. The Hadith of Ibn Abbas, oh Allah I ask you for mercy from you that guides my heart, gathers my affairs, and mends my"

Book 3: The Book of Purification
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
  1. "the water's properties, unless abundant and dominant, known by the dominance of its taste, color, or smell. This is the criterion. The sharia pointed to this in regards to water strong enough to remove impurities."

  1. "want to distinguish between those who love me and those who hate me. I will set a true criterion and a speaking scale for this. I intend to harm so-and-so and strike him in such a way that compels him to curse me."

Book 21: The Book of the Wonders of the Heart
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din
  1. "He will grant you a criterion, meaning a light that distinguishes between right and wrong and removes doubts.î The Prophet, peace be upon him, often invoked for light in his supplications, saying, ìO"

Book 28: Condemnation of Status and Showing Off
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
  1. "strengthened, and he is sure he can guard against temptation. Only then should he return to it. If you argue that if this criterion were applied to the people of knowledge, all sciences would"

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