According to 'Allama Tabataba'i, the sura aims to count the various blessings bestowed to good people. The verse eighteen of the sura is concerned with the blessings bestowed by God to human beings on Dooms Day. Sura al-Insan begins with the story of the human creation, his tests by God, and his freedom in choosing his path. Verses of this sura are short it counts as a short Qur'anic sura occurring in the middle of the fourth hizb of the twenty ninth juz' of the Qur'an. Without any disagreements among the exegetes of the Qur'an, this sura has thirty one verses, 243 words, and 1089 letters. Order: in the order of compilation, it is the seventy sixth sura of the Qur'an, and in the order of revelation, it is the ninety eighth verse of the Qur'an. Over half of the sura is concerned with the characterization of such people. It is also called, 'al-Abrar' (Arabic: الأبرار, good people), because the word, 'al-abrar', has occurred in its fifth verse and verses six through twenty two specify the characteristics of 'abrar'. This sura is known as 'al-Insan', 'Hal Ata', and 'al-Dahr'.

They fasted for three consecutive days because of their nadhr, but they gave their breakfast ( iftar) to a poor person, an orphan, and a prisoner despite their hunger. It is a Madani sura of the Qur'an.Īccording to Shi'a and some Sunni exegetes of the Qur'an, the eighth verse of this sura which is known as al-It'am Verse is a characterization of a virtue of Imam 'Ali (a), Fatima al-Zahra (a), Imam al-Hasan (a), Imam al-Husayn (a), and their housemaid, Fidda. Sūra al-Insān (Arabic: سورة الإنسان) or Sūra Hal Atā ( سورة هل أتی) or Sūra al-Dahr ( سورة الدهر) is the seventy sixth sura of the Qur'an in accordance to the order of its compilation and the ninety sixth sura in the order of revelation. This article is an introduction to the Sura al-Insan to read its text see text:Sura al-Insan.

Surah ad dahr