Sura Nur

Features Sura Nur

Sūra al-Nūr (سورة النور) is the twenty forth sura of the Quran.
It is a Madani sura located in juz eighteen.
This sura is called "al-Nur" because the word "nur" is mentioned in this sura seven times and it contains al-Nur verse.
Sura al-Nur also contains many rulings such as the punishment for adultery, attributing adultery to someone (Qadhf) and hijab as an obligation for women.Also, in this sura, the Event of Ifk, some issues about marriage, slander, libel and accusation are mentioned and spreading atrocities are prohibited.
About the blessings of recitation of this sura, there are narrations suggesting that whoever recites Sura al-Nur, God will give him rewards ten times more than the number of all men and women believers in the past and in the future.
It is also mentioned in narrations that it is among the rights of a daughter upon her father to teach her Sura al-Nur.This Surah nur is recited by Abdul Basit, Mohamed Siddiq El-Minshawi, Abu Bakr al-Shatri and Saad al-Ghamdi, in their beautiful voices.