Title
The title alludes to verses 136 ff., which dissipate the superstitions regular in Arabia in regards to the unlawfulness of different kinds of cows.
Time of Revelation
As indicated by a custom from Ibn `Abbas, this surah was uncovered as one piece in Makka. (Cf. the prologue to the surah by Qurtubi and `Alusi and the conventions said in that - Ed.) Asma' bint Yazid, the cousin of Mu`adh b. Jabal, says: `When this surah was being uncovered to the Prophet (peace be upon him) he was mounted on a she-camel, whose nose-string I was grasping. The weight on the she-camel was excessive to the point that it appeared as though her bones would soon snap into pieces.' Traditions additionally say that the Prophet (peace be upon him) had this surah recorded the very night it was uncovered.
From a look at the subjects talked about, it is apparent that this surah more likely than not been uncovered amid the last time of the Prophet's life in Makka. This is by all accounts affirmed by the custom from Asma' bint Yazid (referred to above), for she had a place with the Apgar (Helpers) of Madina, and grasped Islam after the Prophet's movement to the city. Accepting that she went to the Prophet (peace be on him) in Makka, as an admirer, before having grasped Islam, this visit more likely than not occurred amid the most recent year of the Prophet's stay in Makka. Prior to that stage, relations between the Prophet (peace be on him) and the general population of Madina were not all that nearby as to have occasioned a visit by a lady.
Foundation
When this Surah was uncovered the Messenger of God (peace be on him) had effectively put in twelve years calling individuals to Islam. Protection from this development, and the abuse and mistreatment of the Muslims because of the Quraysh, had achieved their apogee. Numerous Muslims had even neglected their country as a result of consistent badgering and had settled in Abyssinia. The Prophet (peace be on him) himself had been denied of the security of his uncle, Abu Talib, and the help of his significant other, Khadijah, for both, had by then passed away. Albeit cut off from all natural help, the Prophet (peace be upon him) kept on lecturing his message notwithstanding serious restriction. On account of these endeavors, the upright among the occupants of Makka and its environs started to grasp Islam.
By and by, the general population overall appeared to be bowed after dismissing the message of the Prophet (peace be on him). When a man demonstrated the smallest slant to Islam, he was mocked and subjected to physical oppression and social and monetary blacklist. In this somber circumstance, a blackout beam of expectation emerged from Yathrib (later to be called Madina).
Various persuasive individuals from the Aws and Khazraj clans of this city had just gone to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and had guaranteed of fealty at his hands. From that point on Islam started to spread there without critical inner protection. However, few could have had the knowledge to acknowledge in full measure the possibilities for the future in this humble start. As regularly saw, Islam was then an incurable development without material help, a development whose pioneer was supported by no power aside from the weak insurance of his own family, a development whose modest band of defenseless devotees had been scattered like dry leaves and for no other explanation than that they had surrendered the convictions and lifestyle of their kin.
Principal Themes
Such were the conditions when this surah was uncovered, and its subjects might be grouped into the accompanying classifications:
(1) to disavow polytheism and call men to unadulterated monotheism;
(2) to lecture faith in the Hereafter and discredit the idea that there will be no., living day to day after the present one;
(3) to discredit the agnostic superstitions to which individuals had fallen a prey;
(4) to instill the standards based on which Islam looks to erect the structure of human culture;
(5) to clear up the issues identifying with protests raised against the message of the Prophet (peace be on him);
(6) to comfort the Prophet (peace be on him) and the Muslims as a rule who had started to feel unsettled, even heartbroken, by the way, that regardless of their long battle their central goal did not appear to make compelling progress; and
(7) to reprove and caution the individuals who, in their thoughtlessness, intoxicated imprudence and foolish obliviousness, had embraced a state of mind of dissent and resistance to the Truth.
The surah does not bargain independently with every one of these subjects; it takes up in a steady progression and treats them in an alternate form on each event.
The Prophet's Life in Makka
Since in the accompanying pages the peruser will think about a surah which was uncovered amid the Prophet's life in Makka, it appears to be apropos to put before him a point by point foundation to the Makkan surahs overall.
The correct time Of disclosure of the Madinan surahs is pretty much known to us. Truth be told, there are solid customs which. allude to the disclosure of individual verses rather than surahs. Our data in regards to the Makkan surahs, in any case, isn't plentiful. There are not very many surahs and verses for which we have all around established and completely dependable customs with respect to their unique circumstance and time of disclosure. The reason is that the Makkan time of the Prophet's life was not recorded in such expand detail as the Madinan period.
So as opposed to depending on immediate, authentic customs and proof we need to take a gander at the inner confirmation gave by the subjects, substance, and styles of various surahs, and on the immediate and aberrant inferences to their experience. Such fragmentary evidence does not empower us to state with conviction the correct date or year in which a specific surah or verse was uncovered. The most that we can do is to hold up under as the main priority the different bits of proof found in the Makkan surahs, to review the fundamental episodes in the Makkan time of the life of the Prophet (peace be on him), and afterward finish up, by looking at the two, which Makkan surah has a place with one and which for the next time of the Prophet's life in Makka.
When we audit the life of the Prophet (peace be on him) in Makka, from this point of view, it is by all accounts partitioned into four noteworthy periods.
The principal time frame started with the entrustment of the Prophetic mission to Muhammad (peace be on him) and went on for around three years, finishing up with people in general declaration of his message. Amid this period the spreading of the message was a mystery and watchful. It was routed to a chosen few, with the outcome that the Makkans, when all is said in done, were hardly mindful of it.
The second time frame went on for around two years, that is, from people in general declaration of his service until the start of persecution and mistreatment. The underlying restriction transformed into dynamic protection, at that point into a crusade of criticism and satirizing, of defamation, manhandle and false purposeful publicity, and of. sorted out coalitions of resistance. The outcome was that at last those Muslims who were moderately poor, feeble, and needed help were severely bugged and even physically threatened.
The third time frame opened with the beginning of abuse (the 6th year of prophethood) and kept going up till the passing of the Prophet's uncle Abu Talib, and his significant other, Khadijah in the tenth year ° of prophethood. This period, accordingly, went on for around five or six years. Amid it, restriction transformed into the brutal antagonistic vibe and in light of the abuse and cold-bloodedness executed by the agnostics of Makka a decent numerous Muslims moved to Abyssinia. The Prophet (peace be on him), his family, his Companions and whatever is left of the Muslims were subjected to monetary and social blacklist with the outcome that they were bound to the gorge known as Shi`b Abi Talib.
The fourth time frame reached out from the year 10 until the year 13 of prophethood. This was the time of most extreme hardship and languishing over the Prophet (peace be upon him) and his Companions. His life in Makka was made insufferable. When he went to Ta'if, that city offered him no safe house. On the event of Hajj, the Prophet (peace be on him) moved toward each and every clan with an interest to acknowledge his message, yet the appropriate response from every one of them was a baffling `no'. The Makkans thought among themselves over and over concerning what they ought to do with the Prophet (peace be on him): would it be a good idea for them to murder him, placed him in jail, or would it be a good idea for them to oust him from their town? At last, by the beauty of God, the hearts of the Ansar (Helpers) opened to Islam, and at their welcome, the Prophet (peace be upon him) relocated to Madina.
The surahs uncovered in every one of these four periods are particular from those uncovered in alternate periods, both as far as substance and style. At different spots, we discover implications to episodes which toss a sufficiently reasonable light on the foundation against which the diverse parts of the surahs were uncovered. The qualities of every period are, to a vast degree, prominent in the separate surah areas. It is based on such signs that we should attempt to decide, in our early on comments to each Makkan surah in this work, the correct Makkan period in which it was uncovered.