

Hearing his voice the people of the house hid the pages of the Qur’an. It says that when Hazrat Umar entered his sister’s house, Surah Ta Ha was being recited.


This is supported also by the story that Ibn Hisham has related from Ibn Ishaq about the affirmation of the Faith by Hadrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). The same sequence has been reported from Ikrimah (Baihaqi: Dala’il an Nubuwwat). The Surah takes its name from the word al-waqiah of the very first verse.Īccording to the chronological order that Hadrat Abdullah bin Abbas has given of the Surahs, first Surah Ta Ha was sent down, then Al-Waqi’ah and then Ash-Shu\`ara'(Suyuti: Al-Itqan). Powered by Rank Math SEO Surah Waqiah Basic Information:
