A page from an 8th century Quran. The black line between the red lines is the beginning of Surah Al-Mā'idah
Islamic miniature of Cain carrying his murdered brother, Abel, to hide his corpse from God from an illuminated manuscript version of Stories of the Prophets.
Al-An'am
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Al-An'am is the sixth chapter of the Quran, with 165 verses. Coming in order after Al-Fatiha, Al-Baqarah, Al 'Imran, An-Nisa', and Al-Ma'idah, this surah dwells on such themes as the clear signs of Al
Al-Ma'idah
…complements the other in various ways. The seven divisions are as follows: Group From To Central theme 1 Al-Fatiha 1:1 Al-Ma'idah 5:1 Islamic law 2 Al-An'am 6:1 At-Tawbah 9:1 The consequences of denying Muhammad for the polytheists of Mecca 3 Yunus 10:1 An-Nur 24:1 Glad tidings of Muhammad's domination 4…
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Bifolium from the Nurse's Quran (Mushaf al-Hadina) with fragment of the Surah Al-An'am. Kairouan, Zirid dynasty, 1020. Metropolitan Museum of Art