Al-Jumuʿah ( ar, الجمعة, "Friday") is the 62nd chapter ('' sūrah'') of the Quran, with 11 verses ('' āyāt''). The chapter is named ''al-jumu`ah'' ("Friday") because it is the day of assembly, when the community abandons trade, transactions, and other diversions in favor of assembling to seek the all-encompassing truth and most beneficent and seek the "bounty of God" exclusively (Verse 9). This surah is an Al-Musabbihat surah because it begins with the glorification of God.

Summary

:1-4 A wise, powerful, and holy God sent Muhammad as his apostle to the Arabians :5-8 The Jews rebuked for their opposition to Islam :9-11 Admonition concerning the observance of

worship Worship is an act of religious devotion usually directed towards a deity. It may involve one or more of activities such as veneration, adoration, praise, and praying. For many, worship is not about an emotion, it is more about a recognition ...

on Friday

Hadith about Surah Al-Jumua

The first and foremost exegesis/ tafsir of the Qur'an is found in hadith of Muhammad. Although some scholars, including

ibn Taymiyyah Ibn Taymiyyah (January 22, 1263 – September 26, 1328; ar, ابن تيمية), birth name Taqī ad-Dīn ʾAḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm ibn ʿAbd al-Salām al-Numayrī al-Ḥarrānī ( ar, تقي الدين أحمد بن عبد الحليم � ...

, claim that Muhammad has commented on the whole of the Qur'an, others including Ghazali cite the limited amount of

narratives A narrative, story, or tale is any account of a series of related events or experiences, whether nonfictional (memoir, biography, news report, documentary, travelogue, etc.) or fictional (fairy tale, fable, legend, thriller, novel, etc.). Narra ...

, thus indicating that he has commented only on a portion of the Qur'an. Ḥadīth (حديث) is literally "speech" or "report", that is a recorded saying or tradition of Muhammad validated by isnad; with Sirah Rasul Allah these comprise the

sunnah In Islam, , also spelled ( ar, سنة), are the traditions and practices of the Islamic prophet Muhammad that constitute a model for Muslims to follow. The sunnah is what all the Muslims of Muhammad's time evidently saw and followed and passed ...

and reveal shariah. According to Aishah, the life of Muhammad was a practical implementation of Qur'an. Therefore, mention in hadith elevates the importance of the pertinent surah from a certain perspective. * In the

Friday prayer In Islam, Friday prayer or Congregational prayer ( ar, صَلَاة ٱلْجُمُعَة, ') is a prayer ('' ṣalāt'') that Muslims hold every Friday, after noon instead of the Zuhr prayer. Muslims ordinarily pray five times each day according ...

he (Muhammad) would recite Surah

Al-Jumua Al-Jumuʿah ( ar, الجمعة, "Friday") is the 62nd chapter (''sūrah'') of the Quran, with 11 verses ('' āyāt''). The chapter is named ''al-jumu`ah'' ("Friday") because it is the day of assembly, when the community abandons trade, transacti ...

and Surah Al-Munafiqun (63). * Al-Dahhak b. Qais asked al-Nu'man b. Bashir: What did the Messenger of Allah recite on Friday after reciting the Surah

. He replied: He used to recite, "Had the story of overwhelming event reached you?" ( Al-Ghashiyah (88)). * Ibn Abi Rafi' said:

Abu Hurairah Abu Hurayra ( ar, أبو هريرة, translit=Abū Hurayra; –681) was one of the companions of Islamic prophet Muhammad and, according to Sunni Islam, the most prolific narrator of hadith. He was known by the ''kunyah'' Abu Hurayrah "Fathe ...

led us in the

and recited Surah

and "When the hypocrites come to you" ( Al-Munafiqun 63) in the last rak'ah. He said: I met

when he finished the prayer and said to him: You recited the two surah that

Ali ibn Abi Talib ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...

used to recite at Kufa.

said: I heard the Messenger of Allah reciting them on Friday. Sunan al-Tirmidhi 519 In-book reference : Book 4, Hadith 32 English translation : Vol. 1, Book 4, Hadith 519

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Quran Surah Al-Jumu'a
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