1 The Virtues of the Surahs that begin with Ha Mim

هُوَ‏ ال َّذِى یُحْىِ‏ وَیُمِيتُ‏40:68 It is He Who gives life and causes death.فَإِذَا قَضَى أَمْراً‏ فَإِن َّمَا یَقُولُ‏ لَهُ‏ آُن فيَكُونُ‏And when He decides upon a thing He says to itonly: "Be!'' -and it is.The Prohibition of Shirk, the Order for Tawhid, and theEvidenceAllah says,قُلْ‏ إِن ِّي نُهِيتُ‏ أَنْ‏ أَعْبُدَ‏ ال َّذِینَ‏ تَدْعُونَ‏ مِن دُونِ‏ الل َّهِ‏ لَم َّا جَاءنِيَ‏ الْبَي ِّنَاتُ‏ مِنر َّب ِّي وَأُمِرْتُ‏ أَنْ‏ أُسْلِمَ‏ لِرَب ِّ الْعَالَمِينَ‏﴾ ٦٦﴿Say: "I have been forbidden to worship those whom youworship besides Allah, since there have come to meevidences from my Lord; and I am commanded tosubmit to the Lord of all that exists.Allah says, `say, O Muhammad, to theseidolators, that Allah forbids them to worshipanyone, such as these idols and false gods,except Him.'Allah explains that no one apart from Him isdeserving of worship, as He says:هُوَ‏ ال َّذِي خَلَقَكُم م ِّن تُرَابٍ‏ ثُم َّ مِن ن ُّطْفَةٍ‏ ثُم َّ مِنْ‏ عَلَقَةٍ‏ ثُم َّ یُخْرِجُكُمْ‏ طِفْلًا ثُ َّملِتَبْلُغُوا أَشُد َّآُمْ‏ ثُم َّ لِتَكُونُوا شُيُوخًا ...It is He, Who has created you from dust, then from aNutfah then from a clot (a piece of coagulated blood),then brings you forth as an infant, then (makes yougrow) to reach the age of full strength, and afterwards tobe old.meaning, He is the One Who Alone, with nopartner or associate, causes you to pass through82