Al-Furqan, Al-Dhikr, Al-Huda, Al-Shifa, Al-Kitab. Each name reveals what the Qur'an does for the reader.
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Pieces that sit close to this one
- The first conversation
Al-Fatiha — The Opening
The seven verses recited in every rakah. The first conversation in Islam.
- Protection in one ayah
Ayat al-Kursi — The Throne Verse
Baqarah 2:255. The most-recited single ayah of protection in the ummah.
- The metaphor that opens tasawwuf
Ayat an-Nur — The Verse of Light
Nur 24:35. Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The verse the classical tradition returned to whenever it tried to describe presence.