Hizb 33 carries the whole of Al-Anbiya, the Prophets, opening with a warning that people's reckoning has drawn near while they remain heedless of it, and an argument that if there were multiple gods the heavens and earth would fall into disorder. The sura then moves rapidly through a compressed sequence of prophetic figures rather than telling any one story at length: Abraham breaks his people's idols and is thrown into a fire that becomes, at God's command, cool and safe for him; David and Solomon judge a dispute over a field damaged by grazing sheep, and David is given the skill of working iron into armor while the wind itself is subjected to Solomon's command.
Job's affliction is recalled alongside his restoration, and the sura briefly names Ishmael, Idris and Dhul-Kifl among those who bore hardship patiently. Dhul-Nun, identified with the prophet Jonah, is remembered specifically for his prayer from inside the fish that swallowed him, a short plea acknowledging his own wrong and God's exclusive holiness that later devotional practice has repeated widely on its own.
The hizb closes with Zechariah and John, a further brief mention of Mary, and the promise that the righteous will inherit the earth, alongside the statement that the Prophet was sent as a mercy to all the worlds rather than to any one people alone.