faith 55-58 The sectarians to be left in their confusion 59-62 True believers sure of their reward 63 God judges men according to their ability 64-65 The idolatrous Quraish will not believe the Quran 66-68 Idolaters will cry unto God in vain when in distress 69-72 The Quraish reject their Prophet as a madman 73-75 A gracious invitation rejected by them 76 God continues the calamity of the Makkans in mercy to them 77-78 The chastisements of the Lord rejected 79-81 God, the author of life and intellect, can raise the dead 82-84 The Quraish persist in denying the resurrection 85-91 They are judged out of their own mouths 92-93 Angels not the offspring of God 94-99 The Prophet takes refuge in God against every evil spirit 100-101 Repentance after death will be in vain 102-109 The awful doom of unbelievers 110-112 They are punished for persecuting believers 113-115 Time will pass slowly in hell 116-118 Triumph of the faithful over the unbelieving idolaters The Surah begins with an assertion, "Most certainly the Believers have attained true success", intending to put across a point that the criterion of success and failure which people who disbelieve in Islam, hold in mind is in fact erred because it is based on misconceptions and is transitory and limited in nature, in turn leading to eventual failure and not true success. On the contrary, those who follow the teachings of Islam taught by Muhammad, regarded by the disbelievers as failures are actually the ones who are truly successful. Because by their acceptance of the invitation to Islam, they are guaranteed of true success and everlasting bliss in this world as well as in the Hereafter. By rejecting the message of Islam, the non-believers have incurred a profound loss and would meet with the evil consequences both in this world and the next. This is the main theme of the Surah and the whole discourse, from the beginning to the end, is meant to impress the same. Q23:1-11 Qualities of the believers The first eleven verses of this Surah hence mention the desired qualities of the believers, they are blessed and will attain victory: A brief translation of the first 11 verses is as follows: (1) The believers have indeed attained true success! (2) Those who pray humbly, (3) who shun idle talk, (4) who pay the prescribed alms, (5) who guard their chastity (6)