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===Name of Chapter and Reason for its Name=== | ===Name of Chapter and Reason for its Name=== | ||
This chapter is called Surah al-Dhariyat. Dhariyat is the plural of dharu and means a breeze that scatters earth. <ref name=":0">Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai, Al-Mizan fi Tafsir al-Quran (1971), Volume 18, Page 364 | This chapter is called Surah al-Dhariyat. Dhariyat is the plural of dharu and means a breeze that scatters earth. <ref name=":0">Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai, Al-Mizan fi Tafsir al-Quran (1971), Volume 18, Page 364</ref> Surah al-Dhariyat starts with an oath on natural phenomena, which is dhariyat, and the name of this Surah is taken from this first oath. <ref name=":1">Ibid., Page 365</ref> | ||
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