Surah Mumtahanah

Surah al-Mumtahanah (The Examined One)

This Surah was revealed in Makkah and it has 13 verses. It is narrated from Imam Ali Zainul Abideen (a.s.) that if a person recites this Surah in any of his prayers (salaat), his heart will become filled with faith and belief. On the Day of Judgement, all the believing men and women will pray for him to be forgiven by Allah (S.w.T.).

Recitation of this Surah increases the acuity of vision and protects the reciter and his children from insanity. The Holy Prophet (S) has said that angels send salutations and pray for the forgiveness of the one who recites this Surah. If he dies on that day then he will have died as a martyr. Drinking water in which this Surah has been dissolved also acts as a cure for some ailments.

AL MUMTAHINAH (60)

i) Whoso recites this surah regularly in his obligatory and supererogatory salats,Allah would fill his heart with belief, make his eyes bright, increase his intelligence, keep poverty, destitution in sanity from him.

ii) Whoso recites this surah angels seek forgiveness and safety for him; if he dies on the same day he would die a martyr, and believers would seek his intercession on the day of reckoning.

iii) Whoso writes this surah on a china plate, washes it with clean water and drinks it (three

consecutive days) no disease of spleen would afflict him, and it would cure if he is suffering from any disease of spleen.

Reward of reciting Surah Mumtahena

Imam Ali bin al-Husain (a.s.) said: One who recites Surah Mumtahena in his obligatory and recommended prayer, Allah examines his heart for belief, and brightens his sight and he is never

ever afflicted with poverty, madness in himself or his children.