The Holy Quran 42:7 — Surah Ash-Shuraa

Arabic text

وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ قُرْءَانًا عَرَبِيًّا لِّتُنذِرَ أُمَّ ٱلْقُرَىٰ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا وَتُنذِرَ يَوْمَ ٱلْجَمْعِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ ۚ فَرِيقٌ فِى ٱلْجَنَّةِ وَفَرِيقٌ فِى ٱلسَّعِيرِ

Translation

In this manner (as We have been sending revelation to you, O Rasulullaah ﷺ) did We reveal the Arabic Qur'aan to you so that you may warn the (inhabitants of the) Mother of all cities (Makkah) and those around her; and so that you may warn them about the Day of Gathering (the Day of Qiyaamah), about which there is no doubt. (Once judgement is passed on the Day of Qiyaamah,) A group (the Mu'mineen) shall be in Jannah, while another (the Kuffaar) shall be in the Blaze (Jahannam).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Umm al-Qura, Makkah the Honoured: Makkah the Venerable has been called اُمَّ الْقُرٰى “the Mother of Towns” (the great town), because all the Arabs gather there and the House of Allah for the whole world is there. That very House was the first place of worship on the face of the earth.

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