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The Seal of the Prophets, and a Trust the Mountains Refused

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The Seal of the Prophets, and a Trust the Mountains Refused

Hizb 43 continues Al-Ahzab's regulation of the Prophet's household, including instructions on visiting his apartments respectfully, and addresses directly the marriage that completed the adoption reform introduced in the previous hizb, the Prophet's marriage to Zaynab bint Jahsh after her divorce from his adopted son Zayd, framed in the text as removing the very taboo the earlier reform had targeted. The sura states plainly that Muhammad is the seal of the prophets, a foundational verse for the later doctrine that no further prophet follows him.

Near its close, the sura describes a trust, an amanah, offered to the heavens, the earth and the mountains, all of which declined to bear it out of fear, before humanity alone accepted it, a passage read as a statement of human responsibility and the burden that comes with it. Al-Ahzab closes with warnings against hypocrisy and a reminder of the reward awaiting sincere obedience.

The hizb then opens Saba, named for the ancient kingdom of Sheba, praising God and recalling David's gift of workable iron and Solomon's command over the wind, before turning to Solomon's death, discovered by the jinn serving him only once a worm had eaten through the staff he leaned on and his body finally fell, disproving their claimed knowledge of the unseen.

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