Muhammad (sura)

Fragment of the 47th sura, verses 9-15. Kufic script , 9th century

Muhammad ( Arabic محمد, DMG Muḥammad mɔˈħamːəd ) is the 47th sura of the Koran , it contains 38 verses . The name of the sura refers to the Prophet Muhammad mentioned in the second verse. It is considered to be a Medinan sura, which was written between 623 and 625. An exception to this is verse 13, with a reference to your city that drove you out , which means Muhammad's exodus from Mecca in 622. The sura mainly describes the difficulties of the Islamic community with their enemies in Mecca and the behavior in the fight against the unbelievers . With reference to verse 20, the sura is sometimes also called al-Qitāl ("The fight").

The 19th verse of the sura contains the formula Lā ilāha illā ʾllāh (u) ( Arabic لا إله إلا الله): “There is no God but God”, the beginning of the Islamic creed . An excerpt from the 7th verse, "If you help God, he will also help you" ( Arabic إن تنصروا الله ينصركم), is part of the Moroccan coat of arms .

Individual evidence

^ Adel Theodor Khoury : The Koran. Translated and commented by Adel Theodor Khoury. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-08023-9 , p. 467.

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[1] Adel Theodor Khoury : The Koran. Translated and commented by Adel Theodor Khoury. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-08023-9 , p. 467.