The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5)

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Introduction CHAPTER 106 QURAISH (Revealed before Hijrah) This Surah, like its predecessor, was revealed at Mecca in the early years of the Call. Though an independent Surah, complete in all respects, its subject matter is so closely related to Surah Al-Fil that it has been wrongly regarded by some commentators as a part of that Surah. In Surah Al-Fil a brief but graphic and forceful description was given of the utter annihilation of Abraha's army (who had come to destroy the Ka'bah) by a heavenly scourge which took the form of a virulent variety of smallpox. In the present Surah, God reminds the Quraish that it behoved them to worship "the Lord of this House" the "House" to serve which they were granted security from fear and hunger. In the preceding Surah mention was made of an enemy of the Ka'bah and of the Divine punishment that overtook him for his audacity to launch an attack on it. In the present Surah, it is stated how in the utterly bleak and arid valley of Mecca God provided the custodians of His House with every kind of food and made them secure against fear or danger. 3448