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Sūrah Al-ḤijrThe Rocky Tract · Makkah · 99 āyāt · 4 movements

Revealed 54th. A short, hard-edged Makkan surah that answers mockery with three guarantees: We revealed the Reminder and We are its guardian; We will suffice you against the mockers; and the day will come when those who disbelieved will wish they had been Muslims. Between them stand Iblīs's refusal and his open declaration of strategy, the guests of Ibrāhīm, the people of Lūṭ, and the rock-carvers of al-Ḥijr whose fortress homes did not save them.

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At a glance

Āyāt	Movement	In one line
1–15	We revealed it, and We are its guardian	The Qurʾān's preservation is a divine undertaking, not a historical accident.
26–44	Iblīs declares his method	Shayṭān's power is presentation, not compulsion.
51–84	Fortresses carved in rock did not help them	Material security is not spiritual security.
87–99	The seven oft-repeated, and 'We suffice you against the mockers'	What you already hold of the Qurʾān outweighs what others hold of the world.

Occasion & setting

Quraysh had moved from argument to ridicule, calling the Prophet ﷺ possessed and demanding angels be sent down. The believers were few and pressed, and the surah was revealed to fortify the Messenger ﷺ personally.

— Bukhārī 4474 and 4703 (al-sabʿ al-mathānī as al-Fātiḥah); Ibn Kathīr, introduction to Sūrat al-Ḥijr

Key messages

· The text you are studying carries a divine guarantee of preservation.
· Shayṭān decorates; he cannot compel.
· Sincere servitude is the firewall he himself admitted he cannot cross.
· Fortresses of stone did not save Thamūd, and neither will yours.
· What you hold of the Qurʾān is greater than anything the world hands to others.
· Do not stare at what others have been given; comparison eats contentment.
· When your chest tightens, prostrate before you analyse.
· Worship has no retirement date — 'until the certainty comes to you'.

Root vocabulary

ح ف ظ

to guard, preserve, keep intact

حَـٰفِظُون (guardians) · حِفْظ (preservation) · مَحْفُوظ (preserved)

ذ ك ر

to remember, to mention; the Reminder

6, 9

ٱلذِّكْر (the Reminder) · ذِكْرَىٰ (a reminder) · ذَاكِر (one who remembers)

ز ي ن

to adorn, to make something appear attractive

زَيَّنَ (he adorned) · زِينَة (adornment) · مُزَيَّن (made attractive)

ك ف ي

to suffice, to be enough

كَفَىٰ (He sufficed) · كَافِى (sufficient) · ٱكْتَفَىٰ (he was content with)

ي ق ن

certainty beyond doubt

ٱلْيَقِين (the certainty) · مُوقِن (one certain) · ٱسْتَيْقَنَ (he became certain)

س ج د

to prostrate in submission

29, 98

سَـٰجِدِين (those prostrating) · سُجُود (prostration) · مَسْجِد (place of prostration)

Flip cards

17 cards over the roots, movements, takeaways and seerah events of this surah. Anything you mark “still learning” comes back before the deck ends.

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Concept map

The surah at the centre, its movements in sequence around it, and the roots, seerah moments and messages that hang off each one. Tap a node to focus its connections — the same way a linked notebook shows you what a single idea touches.

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