Surah Al-Anbiya

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QuranicSurah ReligiousTextSection

Surah Al-Anbiya is the 21st chapter of the Quran, a Meccan surah that focuses on the stories of various prophets and emphasizes God’s oneness, mercy, and the reality of the Day of Judgment.

Observed surface forms (2)

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Al-Anbiya 1
SurahAlAnbiya 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf QuranicSurah ⓘ
ReligiousTextSection ⓘ
addressesAudience All humanity ⓘ
People of the scripture ⓘ
Polytheists of Mecca ⓘ
chapterNumber 21 ⓘ
classification Meccan surahs ⓘ
surface form: MeccanSurah
containsStoryOf Prophet Ayyub ⓘ
Dawud ⓘ
surface form: Prophet Dawud

Prophet Harun ⓘ
Prophet Ibrahim ⓘ
ProphetIsa ⓘ
surface form: Prophet Isa

Prophet Lut ⓘ
Moses ⓘ
surface form: Prophet Musa

Prophet Noah ⓘ
surface form: Prophet Nuh

King Solomon ⓘ
surface form: Prophet Sulayman

Prophet Yahya ⓘ
Prophet Yunus ⓘ
Prophet Zakariya ⓘ
emphasizesAttributeOfGod Justice ⓘ
Mercy ⓘ
Oneness ⓘ
Power ⓘ
englishName Prophets ⓘ
surface form: The Prophets
keyConcept Certainty of resurrection ⓘ
Muhammad ⓘ
surface form: Muhammad as mercy to the worlds

Rejection of false deities ⓘ
Transience of worldly life ⓘ
Unity of prophetic message ⓘ
keyVerse 21:107 ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
mentionsFigure Dhul-Kifl ⓘ
Maryam ⓘ
name Surah Al-Anbiya self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Al-Anbiya
partOf Quran ⓘ
positionInMushaf afterSurahTaHa ⓘ
beforeSurahAl-Hajj ⓘ
revelationPlace Mecca ⓘ
scriptureOf Islam ⓘ
subjectCategory Quran ⓘ
surface form: IslamicScripture
teaches Consequences of denying prophets ⓘ
Reward for patience and faith ⓘ
theme Accountability of nations ⓘ
Consolation to Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
Divine mercy ⓘ
Oneness of God ⓘ
Reality of the Day of Judgment ⓘ
Refutation of idolatry ⓘ
Stories of prophets ⓘ
verseCount 112 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quran → hasPart → Surah Al-Anbiya ⓘ
Sulayman → hasQuranicChapterReference → Surah Al-Anbiya ⓘ
this entity surface form: SurahAlAnbiya
Idris → mentionedInSurah → Surah Al-Anbiya ⓘ
Prophet Ismail → mentionedInSurah → Surah Al-Anbiya ⓘ
Surah Al-Anbiya → name → Surah Al-Anbiya self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Anbiya