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'''Sūra al-Mujādala''' (Arabic: {{ia|سورة المُجادَلة}}, the Pleading) is the fifty-eighth [[sura]] and among [[Madani]] suras of the [[Qur'an]] which is located in 28th [[juz']]. This sura is called al-Mujadala because, at the beginning of this sura, there is a mention of the story of a woman who complained to the [[Prophet (s)]] of her husband who repudiated her by [[zihar]]. Sura al-Mujadala speaks about the [[rulings]] of zihar, manners of association of [[hypocrite]]s, and prohibits [[Iman|believer]]s of entering the confederates of [[devil]]s and hypocrites.

===Naming===

===Order and Place of Revelation===

Sura al-Mujadala is among [[Madani suras]] and it is 105th [[sura]] [[revealed]] to the Prophet (s). This sura is 58th sura in the current order of compilation of the Qur'an.

===Number of Verses and Other Attributes===

Sura al-Mujadala has 22 verses, 475 words, and 2046 letters. This sura is among [[mufassalat]] (the suras which have several short verses) and is a little less in length than a [[hizb]]. Sura al-Mujadala is at the beginning of [[juz']] 28.

*A woman's complaint of zihar to the [[Prophet (s)]] in verse 1.

*Ordering to give charity for talking secretly to the Prophet (s) and its [[abrogation]] in verses 12 and 13.

Some famous [[exegete]]s including [[al-Shaykh al-Tabrisi]] in ''[[Majma' al-bayan]]'' wrote about the [[context of revelation]] of this [[verse]] and its following verses that a group of wealthy people went to the Prophet (s) and talked secretly to him [and took his time and made the poor worried]. Thus, God ordered that everyone needed to give charity to the poor before talking to the Prophet (s). Wealthy people stopped doing so, when they heard about it; so, the next verse was revealed [and criticized them and abrogated the previous rule] and gave permission for talking to the Prophet (s) to all people. Meanwhile, the only person who gave charity for talking to the Prophet (s) was [[Imam Ali (a)]].