In sha Allah, continuing with our featured Qu’ran Mind Maps from “Al-Khara’it Adh-Dhihniyah Lisuwar Al-Qur’an Al-Kareem” (see picture above), Surat Aal-‘Imran.
See below translation, a main theme is identified for the Surah, then it is broken down into sub-themes associated to groups of Ayat.
Main Theme: Steadfastness
- 1-120: Ideological steadfastness facing external ideas
- 1-6: Allah’s power and oneness
- 7-9: Types of people in the Qur’an and the way of the believers
- 10-17: Fate of the disbelievers and attachment to desires
- 18-20: Oneness of Allah and establishing the proof
- 21-25: Killers of the Prophets, nature of the People of the Book
- 26-27: Allah’s power over all things
- 28-30: The ruling on taking the disbelievers as close friends
- 31-21: The outcome of loving Allah
- 33-59: The story of Maryam (AS)
- 33-37: The story of Maryam (AS)
- 38-41: The story of Zakariya (AS)
- 42-48: Good tidings of the birth of ‘Eesa (AS)
- 49-59: The story of ‘Eesa (AS)
- 60-91: People of the Book
- 60-64: The event of Mubahala with the Christians of Najran
- 65-85: Characteristics of the People of the Book and refuting them
- 86-91: Hopelessness on guiding the misguided, types of disbelievers and their fate
- 92: Righteousness is in spending from what we love
- 93-95: Lies of the Jews about Ya’qoob, and Ya’qoob forbidding himself types of food
- 96-97: Status of the Sacred House
- 98-99: Reply to the people of the book regarding their disbelief
- 100-110: Directions for the believers
- 111-120: Condition of the People of the Book and punishment of the disbelievers
- 121-200: Being steadfast internally
- 121-129: Battles of Badr and Uhud
- 130-141: Obligations of the believers and their trial
- 142-156: Address to the believers and the reason of their defeat in Uhud
- 157-158: Enticement to Jihad
- 159-164: Characteristics of the Prophet (SAWS)
- 165-174: More on the defeat in Uhud, and the status of the martyrs
- 175-179: Warning against the Shaytan, and his allies
- 180-184: Stinginess of the Jews and the outcome of stinginess
- 185-186: The fleeting nature of the Dunya and the merits of patience
- 187-188: Characteristics of the People of the Book
- 189-190: Oneness and power of Allah
- 191-195: Distinguishing features of People of Understanding
- 196-197: Fate of the disbelievers, and warning against them
- 198-200: The reward of the pious (People of Taqwa)
& Allah knows best.
