Surah Al-Bahr

**Al-Bahr** (Arabic: البحر, The Seas) is the 17th chapter of the Quran with 256 verses.

## Summary

* **1-2** Muhammad is grieved at the unbelief of the Quraish
* **3-4** God will grant them no miracle save the Quran
* **5** The Quraish regard the Quran as a forgery
* **5-8** God will send a grim messenger whom they shall respect
* **The story of Moses**
	+ **9-10** He is sent to Pharaoh and his people
	+ **11-12** Fearing that he will be called an impostor, Moses asks that Aaron be sent with him
	+ **13-16** Moses being assured that he will not be put to death for murder, is sent to demand release of the Israelites
	+ **17-18** Pharaoh charges Moses with ingratitude
	+ **19-21** Moses apologises to Pharaoh for killing the Egyptian
	+ **22-27** Moses is charged with being a madman
	+ **28** Pharaoh threatens Moses if he do not worship him
	+ **29-32** Moses performs miracles before Pharaoh
	+ **33-41** Egyptian magicians called to compete with Moses
	+ **42-47** Moses contests with the magicians, who are converted
	+ **48-49** Pharaoh, enraged, threatens to crucify the magicians
	+ **50-51** The magician converts put their trust in God
	+ **52** Moses commanded to take Israelites forth from Egypt
	+ **53-60** Pharaoh and his people pursue them
	+ **61-65** The Red Sea is divided by Moses, and Israelites pass over
	+ **66-68** The Egyptians are drowned, and become a warning to all unbelievers
* **The story of Abraham**
	+ **69-82** He preaches against idolatry
	+ **83-92** Abraham prays for himself and his father
	+ **93-102** He warns his people of the vain repentance of idolaters in hell
	+ **103, 104** Most of his people rejected him
* **The story of Noah**
	+ **105** His people accused him of imposture
	+ **106-110** Noah exhorts them to have faith in God
	+ **111-115** Unbelievers desire Noah to reject his poor followers
	+ **116** Refusing, they threaten him with violence
	+ **117-119** Noah takes refuge in God, and is saved in the ark
	+ **120-122** The unbelievers are drowned
* **The story of Ád**
	+ **123** They charge God's messengers with imposture
	+ **124-135** Húd claims the prophetic office, and preaches to the Ádites
	+ **136-139** They reject his warnings and charge him with imposture
	+ **139-140** The unbelieving Ádites are destroyed
* **The story of the Thamúdites**
	+ **141** They charge the prophets with imposture
	+ **142-152** Sálih, declaring himself a prophet, preaches to them
	+ **153** The Thamúdites reject Sálih and call him a madman
	+ **154-156** They demand a sign, and a she-camel is given for a sign
	+ **157-159** They slay the she-camel, and are destroyed for infidelity
* **The story of Lot**
	+ **160** The Sodomites accuse their prophets with imposture
	+ **161-166** Lot proclaims himself a prophet, and preaches to them
	+ **167** The Sodomites threaten him with violence
	+ **168-171** God saves Lot from Sodom, but Lot's wife is destroyed
	+ **172-174** The unbelievers destroyed by a shower of stones
* **The story of the Midianites**
	+ **175** They call God's messengers impostors
	+ **176-184** Shuaib proclaims himself a prophet, and preaches to them
	+ **185-187** They call him a madman and a liar, and challenge him to cause the heavens fall on them
	+ **188-191** They are destroyed in their unbelief
* **192-195** The Quran given to Muhammad, through Gabriel, in the Arabic language
* **196-197** The Quran attested as God's Word by the former Scriptures
* **198-203** The hearts of the Quraish are hardened by the Quran
* **204** The Quraish scorn Muhammad's threatenings
* **205-207** God's mercy deepens the condemnation of impenitent infidels
* **208-209** God never destroys a people without first warning them
* **210-212** The Devil did not assist in revealing the Quran
* **213-214** Muhammad warned against idolatry, and admonished to preach Islam to his relatives (Warning Verse)
* **215-220** True believers to be treated meekly, and unbelievers to be treated with forbearance
* **221-223** Devils descend on the hearts of unbelievers
* **224-228** Unbelieving poets are mad; believing poets commended
* **228** The unjust will speedily be punished
* **228-251** The upcoming Sufyani and mahdi and their future stories
* **252** The seas are not other than a creation of Allah

## Naming

This surah's name was taken from the 256th ayat where it says إن **البحار** ليست إلا من خلق الل