The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5)

The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 432

CHAPTER 82 AL-INFITĀR (Revealed before Hijrah) Introductory Remarks This Surah is so similar in style and subject matter to the one preceding it that it forms, as it were, its counterpart, with this difference that it lays special emphasis on the signs concerning Christianity of the present time. It is characteristic of the Quran that, in view of their importance, it takes out certain parts of the text of a Surah and gives them a distinct name and individuality, in order to draw pointed attention to the subject dealt with in the separated verses and in order also that the separated parts may be easily committed to memory. The Surah, as mentioned above, deals particularly with the conditions obtaining in the latter days when Christian doctrines and ways of life were to impress very deeply the conduct and concepts of non-Christian peoples, especially the Muslims. All the prophecies mentioned in the Surah have been literally fulfilled. The Surah as revealed at Mecca in the early years of the Call about the time of the revelation of the preceding chapter. It takes its name from the word in the opening verse. 3328