The word · The Qur’an
أَقْسامُ القُرْآن
Aqsam al-Qur'an
The oaths of the Qur'an, where Allah swears by the dawn, the pen, the fig, the soul.
Also written · Aqsam · Aqsaam · Qasam · Qasm · oaths in the Quran · Quran oaths · swearing by the sun · by the fig and the olive
The meaning
What Aqsam al-Qur'an means in Islam
The oath usually points at what follows it, so the thing sworn by is a clue to the truth being affirmed. The Prophet taught that people may swear only by Allah, and this is no contradiction: the Creator may swear by whatever He has made. Ibn al-Qayyim's at-Tibyan is the classic study of the subject.
Evidence · Qur’an · Stated directly in the Qur’an
Read beside it
Words that sit beside it
- TadabburSlow reflection on the Qur'an, letting a verse work on you instead of passing over it.التَّدَبُّر
- Amthal al-Qur'anThe parables of the Qur'an: everyday images used to make an unseen truth visible.أَمْثالُ القُرْآن
- TafsirExplanation of the Qur'an: what a verse means, why it came, and what it asks of you.التَّفْسير
More from The Qur’an
- Al-Ahruf as-Sab'ahThe seven modes in which the Qur'an was revealed, an ease for the community; what a mode is stays disputed.الأَحْرُفُ السَّبْعَة
- HizbHalf a juz; the Qur'an is divided into sixty hizbs for steady daily reading.حِزْب
- Jam' al-Qur'anThe gathering of the Qur'an into one written volume, carried out under Abu Bakr and then Uthman.جَمْعُ القُرْآن
- MufassirA scholar who writes or teaches tafsir, trained in Arabic, the readings, the Sunnah and the occasions.المُفَسِّر
- Qira'atThe canonical ways of reciting the Qur'an, each carried by chain from the Prophet through a named reader.القِراءات
- TadwirThe middle speed of recitation, sitting between the slow tartil and the quick hadr.التَّدْوير