About the Surah
Surah Title : النور
English Title : An-Nur
Order in Al-Mushaf : 24
Number of Verses : 64
Type : madinah
Page Number in Al-Mushaf : From Page 350 To Page 359
An-Nur
۞يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَتَّبِعُواْ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِۚ وَمَن يَتَّبِعۡ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَأۡمُرُ بِٱلۡفَحۡشَآءِ وَٱلۡمُنكَرِۚ وَلَوۡلَا فَضۡلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَرَحۡمَتُهُۥ مَا زَكَىٰ مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ أَبَدٗا وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُزَكِّي مَن يَشَآءُۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٞ
21O you who believe! Don’t follow the footsteps of Satan. And whosoever follows the footsteps of Satan, then, indeed, Satan orders you to engage in obscene activities and what is forbidden (in Islam). And had it not been for the Grace of Allah and His Mercy on you, none of you would ever have been purified (from sins). But Allah purifies whom He wills, and Allah is All-Hearer, All-Knower.
21The reason for descending the verse
On the authority of `A’isha the mother of the believers,she said(when the slanderers said what they said about her),“I went to my bed knowing at that time that I was innocent and that Allah would reveal my innocence, but by Allah, I never thought that Allah would reveal in my favour a revelation which would be recited, for I considered myself too unimportant to be talked about by Allah in the Divine Revelation that was to be recited.” So Allah revealed the ten verses (of surah An-Nur). (Al-Bukhari)
