Al-Mujadila

Surah 58 of the Quran
المجادلة
Al-Mujādilah
She Who Disputes
ClassificationMedinan
Alternate titles (Ar.)Al-Mujadalah
Other namesThe Pleading Woman, She Who Pleaded, The Disputer (alternative translation for Al-Mujadilah), the Dialogue (for Al-Mujadalah)
PositionJuzʼ 28
No. of verses22
No. of Rukus3

Al-Mujādilah (Arabic: المجادلة, She who disputed [1] or "She Who Disputes, The Pleading Woman") is the 58th chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an with 22 verses (ayat). Revealed in Medina, the chapter first addresses the legality of pre-Islamic method of divorce called zihar. The name "she who disputes" refers to the woman who petitioned Muhammad about the unjustness of this method, and the chapter's first verses outlaw it and prescribe how to deal with past cases of zihar. The chapter also discusses public assemblies and prescribes manners associated with it. The chapter ends by contrasting what it calls "the confederates of God" and "the confederates of Satan", and promising rewards for the former.