About the Surah
Surah Title : الإسراء
English Title : Al-Isra
Order in Al-Mushaf : 17
Number of Verses : 111
Type : makkah
Page Number in Al-Mushaf : From Page 282 To Page 293
Al-Isra
قُلِ ٱدۡعُواْ ٱللَّهَ أَوِ ٱدۡعُواْ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنَۖ أَيّٗا مَّا تَدۡعُواْ فَلَهُ ٱلۡأَسۡمَآءُ ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰۚ وَلَا تَجۡهَرۡ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتۡ بِهَا وَٱبۡتَغِ بَيۡنَ ذَٰلِكَ سَبِيلٗا
110[O Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him)!] Say: “Pray to Allah, or pray to the Most Gracious (Allah). With whatever name you worship Him (it is the same) since all the Best Names belong to Him. And offer your Sa-lat neither with a very loud nor with a very low voice, but follow the middle course.”
110The reason for descending the verse
On the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas, he said, “One night in Makkah, the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) stood up for the night vigil prayer. He kept saying in his prostration, ‘O Beneficent, O Merciful!’ And so the idolaters said, ‘Muhammad used to call unto one Allah, now he is calling unto two gods; Allah and The Beneficent. We do not know of anyone by the name of The Beneficent except the beneficent of al-Yamamah (meaning Musaylamah the liar)’, and so Allah (exalted is He) revealed this verse.” (Al-Wahidi,Reasons of Revelation)
