Al-Anbiya opens on a reckoning that has drawn near while people are heedless, then runs through sixteen prophets in quick succession — each in two or three verses — to make one point: they were all sent with the same message.
At this pace the whole surah takes 38 study days.
Study days are days you actually sit down to memorise — miss one and the plan simply moves with you.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ…مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِيهِ جَهَنَّمَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
The charges of poetry and sorcery, the towns destroyed before them, and the angels who do not precede Him in speech.
Study days 1-10
أَوَلَمْ يَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ كَانَتَا…وَهَٰذَا ذِكْرٌۭ مُّبَارَكٌ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ ۚ أَفَأَنتُمْ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ
Then separated; every living thing made from water; the mountains, the orbits — and every soul will taste death.
Study days 10-17
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ رُشْدَهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا بِهِۦ…ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ وَإِقَامَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَإِيتَآءَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةِ ۖ وَكَانُوا۟ لَنَا عَٰبِدِينَ
The axe, the largest one left standing, the question they had to answer themselves — and: fire, be coolness and safety.
Study days 17-25
وَلُوطًا ءَاتَيْنَٰهُ حُكْمًۭا وَعِلْمًۭا وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِى…فَنَفَخْنَا فِيهَا مِن رُّوحِنَا وَجَعَلْنَٰهَا وَٱبْنَهَآ ءَايَةًۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Lut, Nuh, Dawud and Sulayman, Ayyub, Isma'il, Dhun-Nun in the darkness, Zakariyya, and the one who guarded her chastity.
Study days 25-31
إِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أُمَّتُكُمْ أُمَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ وَأَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُونِ…ٱحْكُم بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَرَبُّنَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ
Ya'juj and Ma'juj released, the sky rolled up like a scroll, the earth inherited by the righteous, and: my Lord, judge in truth.
Study days 31-38
The list ends with 'this nation of yours is one nation' — the surah's whole structure is an argument for that sentence.
A short walk through all 5 sections of this surah, in the order you will memorise them.
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