ADHIKR

This Surath got the name Al-Jumua (the Congregation) from the ninth verse, which says, “Oh, you who believed! If you are called for prayer on the Day of Congregation, then you hurry to the Remembrance of Allah.” The verses from first to eighth were revealed in the seventh year of Hijra during the Medina life of Messenger Muhammad, and the rest, the ninth to eleventh verses, were revealed in the first year of Hijra. The Messenger used to recite this Surath, which starts by glorifying Allah, and the 63rd Surath in most of the congregational prayers on Friday.

Allah, who has the dominion of the heavens and earth, has deputed illiterate Muhammad as Messenger with Adhikr to purify a heedless people. Those who read the Arabic Qur’an without knowing the Message of It are bearing It just like donkeys are bearing a burden; such are the wrongdoers, and Allah won’t guide these wrongdoing people who are fearing death. This Surath commands the believers that if you have the aim of life, you have to hurry to the place where Adhikr is explained after stopping your trade and commerce. This Surath, containing eleven verses, concludes by demanding that the believers should give first preference to Adhikr, which is a must for keeping the Remembrance of the Lord, over anything else in this worldly life.