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{O you (i.e. Muḥammad)! Wrapped up in garments! Arise and warn (the people<br />
against <strong>Al</strong>laah’s Punishment)...} [Surah al-Muddaththir (74):1-2]<br />
As for Surah al-Ḍhuhaa, it was revealed after the (second) period of pause of Revelation<br />
which lasted for a few nights, as has been authentically mentioned in the Ṣaḥeeḥain<br />
and others, from the Ḥadeeth of Jundub Ibn `Abdullaah ُاهلل ُعنه :رضي Once the Prophet<br />
fell ill and did not offer the night prayers (Tahajjud) for a night or two or three. A ﷺ<br />
woman (the wife of Abu Lahab) came to him and said: “O Muḥammad! I do not see<br />
except that your Shaiṭaan has forsaken you.” Then <strong>Al</strong>laah revealed (Surah al-Ḍhuhaa):<br />
﴿وَالضُّحَىُُ*ُوَاللَّي لُُِإِذَاُسَجَىُُ*ُمَاُوَدَّعَكَُُرَبُّكَُُوَمَاُقَلَىُ﴾<br />
{By the forenoon (after sun-rise); And by the night when it is still (or darkens); Your<br />
Lord (O Muḥammad) has neither forsaken you nor hated you.} 147<br />
So, with Surah al-`<strong>Al</strong>aq he ﷺ received Prophethood, and with Surah al-Muddaththir<br />
he ﷺ received Messengership and the task of conveying the Message to the people.<br />
Thereafter the Divine Revelation started coming more frequently and regularly, i.e. it<br />
came uninterrupted, little by little.<br />
Thereafter, the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>laah ﷺ arose and conveyed the Message with<br />
complete devotion, energy and determination. He ﷺ invited all, both near and the<br />
far, the slaves and the freemen alike. The wise and the intelligent ones answered his<br />
call and believed in him, but the obstinate tyrants continued in their opposition and<br />
disobedience.<br />
The first one of the freemen, to believe and testify to the truth among the men, was<br />
Abu Bakr al-Siddeeq.<br />
From the youth was `<strong>Al</strong>ee Ibn Abu Ṭaalib.<br />
147 Ṣaḥeeḥ al-Bukhaaree (1125, 4950, 4951, 4983) and Ṣaḥeeḥ Muslim (1797-114, 115)<br />
In another narration, the wording is: Jibreel did not come to the Prophet ﷺ (for some time) and so one of the<br />
Quraish women said: “His Shaiṭaan has deserted him.” So came the Divine Revelation: {By the forenoon (after<br />
sun-rise); And by the night when it is still (or darkens); Your Lord (O Muḥammad) has neither forsaken you nor<br />
hated you.}<br />
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