Surah Al-Samakah

**Al-Samakah** (Arabic: السمكة, The Fish) is the 7th chapter of the Qur'an with 150 verses.

## Summary

* **1-2** The Makkans charge their Prophet with sorcery because he is a man from among them
* **3** The Creator and Ruler of the universe the only true God
* **4** Believers rewarded at death for good deeds
* **4** Unbelievers punished after death
* **5-6** God's works are signs to all men
* **7-11** Rewards and punishments of the faithful and the unbelieving
* **12** God's purpose in prospering the wicked
* **13** Men pray to God in affliction, but forget Him with the return of prosperity
* **14-15** The people of Makkah warned by the example of former generations
* **16-18** The Quraish desire a different Quran — Muhammad protests his inability to alter it
* **19** Idolaters trust intercessors who can neither profit nor harm them
* **20** All men originally professed one religion
* **21** The people demand of Muhammad a sign
* **22** When men despise the judgments of God he threatens greater suffering
* **23-24** Unbelievers remember God in distress by land and sea, but forget Him when delivered
* **25** Life likened to water which sustains vegetable life
* **26-28** Paradise for Muslims and hell for the infidels
* **29-31** Idolaters will be deserted by their gods in the judgment-day
* **32-37** Idolaters exhorted to worship him whom they recognize as their Creator, Preserver, and Governor
* **38** The Quran no forgery; it confirms the former Scriptures
* **39-40** Those who charge Muhammad with imposture challenged to produce a chapter like it
* **41** Some believe in the Quran, others reject it
* **42-47** The unbelieving Quraish declared to be reprobate
* **48** An apostle is sent to every nation
* **49** Unbelievers mock at the threatenings of their prophet
* **50** Every nation has its fixed period of existence
* **51-55** Infidels will believe when their punishment comes upon them
* **56-57** God is the Author of life and death
* **58-59** The Quran an admonition and direction to the unbelievers
* **60-61** Lawful food not to be prohibited
* **62** Muhammad ever under Divine guidance
* **63-65** The blessedness of those who believe and fear God
* **66-68** Unbelievers cannot harm the Prophet
* **69-71** Those rebuked who say that God hath begotten children
* **72-75** Muhammad likened to Noah and other prophets
* **76** Moses and Aaron sent to Pharaoh and his princes
* **77-82** They are rejected as sorcerers and perverters of the national religion
* **83** A few of the people only believe in them
* **84-86** Moses and Aaron with the believers put their trust in God
* **87** The Israelites commanded to be constant in prayer to God
* **88-89** Moses's prayer, that God would destroy the Egyptians, is heard
* **90** Pharaoh and his people drowned in the sea
* **90-92** He repents and is raised out of the sea for a sign to the people
* **93** The Israelites are provided with habitation and blessing
* **94-95** Jews and Christians appealed to in confirmation of the statements of the Quran
* **96-98** No kind of miracle will suffice to make the reprobate believe
* **99-103** Infidels do not believe in Muhammad because God does not permit them to do so
* **104-107** The people of Makkah exhorted to accept the true orthodox faith
* **108** Muhammad not responsible for the faith or unbelief of the people
* **109** The Prophet exhorted to be patient
* **110-127** Why the fish was made
* **128-149** What was the fish that swallowed Yunus and its stories
* **150** The Quran no forgery, but a confirmation of the writings of former prophets

## Naming

This surah's name was taken from the 135th verse where it says وهكذا صنعت السمكة وأعطتها قدراتها فيما بعد فابتلعت يونس كما طلبت **السمكة** ثم صلى يونس لا إله إلا أنت تعالى هل أنت بالفعل من الظالمين