Al-Baqarah 2:7
Al-Baqarah 2:25
Al-Baqarah 2:29
Al-Baqarah 2:183
Al-Baqarah 2:220
Al-Baqarah 2:222
Al-Baqarah 2:223
Al-i-'Imran 3:3-4
Al-i-'Imran 3:7
Al-i-'Imran 3:28
Al-i-'Imran 3:84
Al-i-'Imran 3:178
An-Nisa' 4:3
An-Nisa' 4:16
An-Nisa' 4:48
An-Nisa' 4:51
An-Nisa' 4:59
Al-Maidah 5:5
Al-Araf 7:3
Al-Araf 7:26
Al-Araf 7:38
Al-Araf 7:46
Al-Araf 7:54
Al-Araf 7:73
Al-Anfal 8:1
Al-Anfal 8:19
Al-Anfal 8:48
At-Tawbah 9:5
At-Tawbah 9:20
Yusuf 12:4
Yusuf 12:6
Yusuf 12:52
Ar-Ra‘d 13:2
Ar-Ra‘d 13:16
Ar-Ra‘d 13:27
Al-Hijr 15:9
Al-Hijr 15:15
Al-Hijr 15:44
Al-Hijr 15:73
Al-Hijr 15:87
An-Nahl 16:8
An-Nahl 16:15
An-Nur 24:33
As-Saba 34:10
As-Saba 34:11
Az-Zumar 39:10
Az-Zumar 39:12
Az-Zumar 39:18
Az-Zumar 39:23
Al-Mu'min 40:7-8
Fussilat 41:9
Fussilat 41:11
Fussilat 41:33
Fussilat 41:34
Fussilat 41:51
Muhammad 47:2
Al-Fath 48:1
Ad-Dhariat 51:21
An-Najm 53:38
Ar-Rahman 55:33
Ar-Rahman 55:35
Al-Waqiah 56:75
Al-Mujadilah 58:11
Al-Mursalat 77:33
An-Naba 78:14
An-Naba 78:33
An-Naziat 79:1
Al-Inshiqaq 84:6
At-Tariq 86:1
At-Tariq 86:7
Al-Ghashiyah 88:17
Al-Balad 90:1
Al-Balad 90:13
Al-Adiyat 100:1-5
Al-Adiyat 100:6-8
Al-Adiyat 100:9-11
Al-Qaria'ah 101:9
Al-Asr
Al-Kauthar


39:23  Allāh has revealed the best of narration— a Scripture consistent, oft-repeating, whereat do shudder the skins of those who fear their Rabb.  And then their skins and their hearts do soften towards the remembrance of Allāh.  This is the guidance of Allāh, He guides with it whom He wishes.  And whom Allāh leaves in straying, there is no guide for him then.

39:23 The word nazzala indicates gradual and continuous process of revelation of the divine message. During the twenty-three years of revelation, the community, in general, experienced tremendous vicissitudes impacting their political, social and cultural fundamentals. The Qur’ān attempted to address many of these issues through frequently repeated moral guidance with examples and illustrations drawn from various past communities. The word mutashābih, derived from root word shabbaha, means something that is mutually reasonable or that which is similar. The usage of this word indicates the verses of the Qur’ān are mutually supporting: some of the verses explain, supplement and amplify other verses (3:7) but never contradict (4:82; 39:28). Since the Qur’ān was transmitted orally, its major themes and stories were oft-repeated in diverse ways to drive home its meaning. The word mathāni (lit. double, repeated portion), thus, gives a characteristic identity of the Qur’ān, therefore al-mathāni is a symbolic name of the Qur’ān (cf. 15:87). The clause Allāh guides whom He pleases does not indicate any arbitrary action of Allāh rather it implies Allāh guides all those who wish to be guided (2:213,272; 6:39; 14:4; 16:93; 24:35,46; 28:56; 35:8; 42:13; 74:31).

 
     

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