Al-Anbiya

Surah 21 of the Quran
الأنبياء‎
Al-Anbiyā
The Prophets
ClassificationMeccan
PositionJuzʼ 17
Hizb no.33
No. of verses112
No. of Rukus7
No. of words1323
No. of letters5,094
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Folio from Samarkand Kufic Quran with surah Al-Anbiya. Late 8th–early 9th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page from the Qur'an copied by Ahmad al-Suhrawardi (1256-1340) with the fragment of the surah Al-Anbiya (verses 25nn). Illumination by Muhammad ibn Aybak. Muhaqqaq script. Baghdad, year 1307/1308. Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum

Al-Anbiyaʼ[1] (Arabic: الأنبياء, ’al-’anbiyā’; meaning: "The Prophets")[2] is the 21st chapter (sūrah) of the Quran with 112 verses (āyāt). Its principal subject matter is prophets of the past, who also preached the same faith as Muhammad.

Regarding the timing and contextual background of the believed revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is an earlier "Meccan surah", which means it is believed to have been revealed in Mecca, rather than later in Medina.

  1. ^ Ibn Kathir. "Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Surah Al Anbiyah". Quran 4 U. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  2. ^ Haleem, Trans. M.A.S. Abdel (2010). The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics). New York: Oxford University Press.