Surah An-Noor Study Sessions

Welcome to the study notes for Surah An-Noor. Below you will find the links to the individual study session notes, which cover the translation, tafsir, and lessons derived from this Surah.

Study Sessions

Session 1 — Background and context of Surah An-Noor, Madanī vs. Makkī surahs, central theme
Session 2 — Quranic orthography, Manqūṣ nouns, sentence rules after definite/indefinite nouns
Session 3 — Yāʾ al-Nisbah, two distinct yaʾs, Al-Misbāḥu
Session 4 — Four steps to learning Arabic, Ism mafʿūl review, passive voice (majhūl)
Session 5 — Usage of Law, Muḍāʿaf (geminate) verbs in majzūm, Iʿrāb, Tafseer
Session 6 — Deep analysis of Arabic couplet, yantahu, Faʿīl as ism mafʿūl
Session 7 — Tafseer of Ayahs 36–37 (Rijalun), correction from previous session
Session 8 — Five types of man, omission of ḥarf al-jarr (isqāt al-ḥarf), Bā\' and its 14 meanings
Session 9 — Tafseer of Ayah 40, ẓulumāt, Baḥr and the word lujjiyy
Session 10 — Deep iʿrāb analysis of Ayah 40, Idhā as adātu al-shart and ẓarf, mabnī nouns
Session 11 — Tafseer of Ayahs 41–42, vision of the mind\'s eye (رَأَى with two mafʿūl bihi)
Session 12 — Tafseer of Ayah 43 continued, ism fāʿil taking mafʿūl bihi, thumma vs. fā\'
Session 13 — Ayah 43 continued, vocabulary (musība, sanā, barq), ba\' al-taʿdiyya
Session 14 — Vocabulary review, Sīghatu al-Mubālaghah, Mafʿūl Muṭlaq, Taghlib
Session 15 — Introduction to Tafseer al-Muyassar, Tafseer of Ayah 35 (Light verse) and Ayah 36
Session 16 — Tafseer of Ayahs 37–39, corrections to previous session
Session 17 — Tafseer of Ayahs 40–46, darkness metaphor (Ayah 40), tasbih of all creation (Ayah 41)