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Al-Ḥijr
الحجر"The Rocky Tract"
- Number
- 15 of 114
- Verses
- 99
- Revealed
- Makkah
Allah's promise to preserve the Qurʾan.
11 passages reference this surah
From 6 books in our audiobook library. Each passage is also spoken aloud in the app.
Volume One: From Tangier to the Lands of the East
Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta
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"of the Honorable Ka'bah beneath the water spout and its opposing wall of the Hijr, on a level line, measures forty spans. The Hijr has two entrances, one between the Iraqi corner and itself, six cubits wide, which is the area left out by the Quraysh when they rebuilt"
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"niche of the Imam of the Shafi'i school in the designated area. News of the Hijr and the area of circumambulation. The perimeter of the wall of the Hijr measures twenty-nine footsteps, or ninety-four spans within the circle. It is constructed with"
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"Rainwater collects here in certain years, though it may dry up in others. On the fifth day of their departure from Tabuk, they reach the well of al-Hijr, the settlement of Thamud. Though abundant in water, no one drinks from it, even in great thirst, following the example"
Hud, Salih & the Destroyed Nations
Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets
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"who wronged were seized by the blast, and they became lifeless in their homes, as though they had never dwelled there. Indeed, Thamud denied their Lord. Indeed, away with Thamud! Allah, exalted be He, says in Surat al-Hijr, And certainly did"
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"the companions of the Hijr deny the messengers. And we gave them our signs, but they were from them turning away. And they hewed out of the mountains, houses feeling secure. But the shout seized them by morning, so they could not avail from"
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"through his son Shem. They were Arabs of the original stock, residing in Al-Hijr, located between Hijaz and Tabuk. The messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, passed by their land on his way to Tabuk with his companions. The"
The Story of Ismail
Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets
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"deliberated over this. The prophet Ishmael, prophet of Allah, was buried in Al-Hijr, beside his mother Hajr. His age at the time of his death was 137 years. It is narrated from Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz that he said,"
Book 34: Poverty and Asceticism
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
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"them, he replied, Allah has forbidden me from that, and then recited, Do not extend your eyes to that which we have given enjoyment of. From Surah al-Hijr, Masruq reported from Aisha, may Allah be pleased"
The Story of Ibrahim
Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets
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"have recently left ignorance, or he said disbelief, I would have spent the treasures of the Kaaba in the way of Allah, lowered its door to ground level, and included the Hijr within it."
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"He ordered it to be returned to its previous state, so they dismantled the northern wall and removed the Hijr from it, then they sealed the wall and buried the stones within the Kaaba."
The Story of Adam
Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets
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"until the day of the time well known. Quran, Surah Al-Hijr, 15, 26, 44. And he said, and mention when we said to the angels, prostrate before Adam, so they prostrated, except Iblis."
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