The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5)

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Introduction CHAPTER 98 AL-BAYYINAH (Revealed before Hijrah) Scholars differ about the time of revelation of this Surah. Ibn Marduwaih reports that ‘Ã'ishah, the talented wife of the Holy Prophet, said that it was revealed at Mecca, while according to Ibn 'Abbās, as reported by the same authority, it was revealed in the early Medinite period. After taking all relevant facts into consideration, the majority of scholars have adhered to the view attributed to ‘Ā'ishah. The preceding several Surahs had dealt with the important subject of revelation of the Quran and its incomparable beauty and excellence. The present Surah, however, deals with the change that the Quran was intended to bring about. At the very outset, it states that the People of the Book and the idolaters would have continued to grope in the dark and to live a life of sin and iniquity if the Quran had not been revealed. It is the Holy Prophet who brought them out of the darkness of doubt and disbelief and led them to the path of right beliefs and righteous deeds. 3417