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سُورَةُ المُؤۡمِنُونَ · 23:1
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ قَدْ أَفْلَحَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ

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Certainly will the believers have succeeded:

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Introduction

This is āyah 1 of Sūrat Al-Muminoon (The Believers), the 74th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 18. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
74 of 114
Surah
Al-Muminoon (23)
Occasion of revelation · Al-Wahidi

(Successful indeed are the believers) [23:1]. The judge Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Hiri informed us by dictation> the chamberlain of Ahmad al-Tusi> Muhammad ibn Hammad al-Abiwardi> �Abd al-Razzaq> Yunus ibn Sulayman> Yunus al-Ayli by dictation> Ibn Shihab> �Urwah ibn al-Zubayr> �Abd al-Rahman ibn �Abd al-Qari� who said: �I heard �Umar ibn al-Khattab say: �When the revelation came to the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, one could hear at the level of his face buzzing like the buzzing of bees. Once, he remained in this state for a while and then turned toward the qiblah, raised his hands and said: �O Allah, give us more and do not take away from us; honour us and do not humiliate us; grant us and do not deprive us; prefer us and do not prefer anyone over us; make us pleased and be pleased with us�. Then he said: �Ten verses have just been revealed to me; whoever practises them will enter the Garden�. He then read: (Successful indeed are the believers) up to the tenth verse� �. This was narrated by al-Hakim Abu �Abd Allah in his Sahih from Abu Bakr al-Qati'i from �Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal> Ahmad ibn Hanbal from �Abd al-Razzaq.

Commentary

Tafsir

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُون - الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَ - وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنِ اللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَ - وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِلزَّكَاةِ فَاعِلُونَ - وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ - إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ - فَمَنِ ابْتَغَىٰ وَرَاءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ - وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ - وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَوَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ - أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْوَارِثُونَ - الَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ الْفِرْدَوْسَ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ (1. Successful indeed are the believers.)(2. Those who with their Salah are Khashi'un.)(3. And those who turn away from Al-Laghw.)(4. And those who pay the Zakah.)(5. And those who guard their private parts.)(6. Except from their wives…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

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Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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