About the Surah
Surah Title : الفرقان
English Title : Al-Furqan
Order in Al-Mushaf : 25
Number of Verses : 77
Type : makkah
Page Number in Al-Mushaf : From Page 359 To Page 366
Al-Furqan
وَيَوۡمَ يَعَضُّ ٱلظَّالِمُ عَلَىٰ يَدَيۡهِ يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي ٱتَّخَذۡتُ مَعَ ٱلرَّسُولِ سَبِيلٗا
27And that Day the wrong-doer, while biting his hand, will say: “Oh! Would that I had followed the Path of the messenger (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him)!
27The reason for descending the verse
As-Sha‘bi narrated, “‘Uqbah [ibn Abi Mu‘ayt] was a friend of Umayyah ibn Khalaf. When ‘Uqbah embraced Islam, Umayyah said to him, ‘I do not want to ever see you if you follow Muhammad’. ‘Uqbah disbelieved again and renounced Islam to please his friend, and so Allah (exalted is He) revealed this verse.”(Al-Wahidi,Reasons of Revelation)
