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As-Saaffat

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Also known as Surah 37, Those Who Set the Ranks, Surah of Those Who Set the Ranks, Sura 37, Ranged in Row, The Rangers, Surah of the Rangers, Those who rank themselves in Order

As-Saffat (, , Those who rank themselves in Order, "Ranged in Row", "The Rangers") is the 37th chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an with 182 verses (āyāt).

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As-Saaffat is the 37th chapter of the Qur'an, containing 182 verses, and its title refers to those who rank or arrange themselves in order. The chapter is part of the Islamic scripture and holds significance as one of the Qur'an's major divisions.

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Key facts

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957
Surah.letters
3825
Surah.number
37
Surah.number 3
037
Surah.name
Aṣ-Ṣāffāt
Surah.name ar
الصافات
Surah.name en
Those Who Set the Ranks
Surah.prev_sura
Quran 36
Surah.next_sura
Quran 38
Surah.classification
Meccan
Surah.othernames
Drawn Up in Ranks, The Arrangers, The Rangers
Surah.juz
23
Surah.rukus
5
Surah.verses
182
Surah.audio
Chapter 37, As-Saaffat (Mujawwad) - Recitation of the Holy Qur'an.mp3

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
surah
Part of
Qur’an
Image
Paris, Bnf man Arabe 332 fol. 44v Quran Surah 37 Ayat 75-79.png
Has parts of class
ayah
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language of work or name
Quranic Arabic
Commons category
As-Saaffat
name in kana
せいれつしゃ
has characteristic
Meccan surah
described by source
Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān
work available at URL
quran.com/37
title
سورة الصافات
characters
Yunus
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Summary
  • Chronology
  • Structure and content
  • 37:1-74 Eschatological prophecy
  • 37:75-148 Earlier messengers of God
  • 149-182 Day of Judgment
  • References
  • External links

As-Saffat (, , Those who rank themselves in Order, "Ranged in Row", "The Rangers") is the 37th chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an with 182 verses (āyāt).

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.

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