Sura al-Hajj: Difference between revisions

Some [[exegete]]s say that this verse was [[revealed]] about Bedouins who went to [[Medina]] from desert and accepted [[Islam]] and were confident upon their [[faith]] until they had an easy life, but when they received a harm or received their share from zakat late, [[Satan]] tempted them that this religion brought them nothing but harm and they returned to their past beliefs and this verse was revealed about them.

Atiyya b. Abi Sa'id Khidri says that this verse was revealed about a [[Jew]] who newly became Muslim and became blind when he accepted Islam, lost his wealth and his son died; so, he considered Islam ill-omened. Therefore, he went to the [[Prophet (s)]] and asked to break his [[allegiance]]. The Prophet (s) told him, "Islam purges the rust from iron, silver, and gold like fire and puts humans to test." It was after this conversation that verse eleven of Sura al-Hajj was revealed.

About the [[occasion of revelation]] of verse nineteen of Sura al-Hajj, it is mentioned that two groups were fighting about God and on one side there were [[Hamza]], [[Abu Ubayda b. al-Harth]] and [[Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]] and on the other side, there were [[Ataba]], Shayba and [[Walid b. Aqaba]]. Also, some people transmitted from Imam Ali (a) that verses twelve to nineteen of Sura al-Hajj were revealed about the [[battle of Badr]]. It is transmitted from [[Ibn Abbas]] that this verse was revealed about the fight between Jews, [[Christian]]s and Muslims about the closeness of themselves, their books and their [[prophets]] to God.