ADHIKR

This Surath got the name ‘Al-Hashr—The Gathering’ from the second verse, which says, ‘He is the One who drove out those who disbelieved among the people of the Book from their homes in the first gathering’. Since this Surath explains the exiling of Banu-Nalir, a Jew tribe that lived in Medina, in the fourth year of Hijra, this Surath is also known as Banu-Nalir. This Surath warns that for those who disagree with Allah and His Messenger, it is Allah’s practice to punish them every time. It also warns that the hypocrites who try to obstruct the propagation of Adhikr—the Balance and Trust to keep the universe in its equilibrium—will be humiliated. It teaches that believers shouldn’t have any reluctance to help other believers who are involved in the propagation of Adhikr, and that whoever abstains from the covetousness of the soul, such only will be the prosperous.

The hypocrites will be with the disbelievers both in this world as well as in the Hereafter; and since the hypocrites are an aimless people, they are fearing the believers more than they are fearing Allah, the Creator. This Surath also warns that in the Hereafter, Satan will be freed from the responsibility of making humans disbelievers; and that the human who does not transform his Jinn Soulmate into a believer will be gathered in the Hellfire with his Soulmate forever. Addressing the believers, Allah commands them to observe what they have earned for tomorrow—the Hereafter—and commands them not to become transgressors by forgetting Allah.

This Surath also emphasizes the necessity of propagating Adhikr—the Book for repeated reading—warning that if this Reading had been sent down upon a mountain, the mountain would have become dust due to fearing Allah. By familiarizing the good names of Allah through the last three verses, this Surath, containing 24 verses, ends.