Al-Tabligh Verse: Difference between revisions

Based on some [[hadith]]s, it is said that the al-Tabligh verse was sent down in [[Mecca]] obliging the Prophet (s) to propagate the truths of the religion among [[unbeliever]]s and [[shirk|polytheists]]. According to these hadiths, some guards were appointed to protect him against his enemies, but after the [[revelation]] of this verse he discharged them and said that God will protect him from his enemies. Moreover, he was obliged to inform unbelievers and polytheists about the truths of the religion without any fear.<ref>See: Suyūṭī, ''al-Durr al-manthūr'', vol. 2, p. 298; Ṭabarī, ''Jāmiʿ al-bayān'', vol. 8, p. 567-569; Thaʿālabī, ''Jawāhir al-ḥisān'', vol. 1, p. 442.</ref>

Exegetes unanimously believe that [[Qur'an 5]] was revealed in [[Medina]]<ref>Ibn ʿAṭīyya, ''al-Muḥarrar al-wajīz'', vol. 5, p. 5; Qurṭubī, ''al-Jāmiʿ li-aḥkām al-Qurʾān'', vol. 3, p. 30.</ref> and according to some hadiths narrated from [['Abd Allah b. 'Umar]], it was the last [[sura]] to have revealed.<ref>Tirmidhī, ''al-Jāmiʿ al-ṣaḥīḥ'', vol. 5, p. 261.</ref> Therefore it is wrong to assume that the al-Tabligh verse was sent down in Mecca and that, for many years, it was recited alone without being joined to any sura.<ref>Ibn ʿĀshūr, ''Tafsīr al-taḥrīr'', vol. 6, p. 256.</ref> Moreover, some scholars counted the hadiths about the guards protecting the Prophet (s) in Mecca as gharib (strange) and munkar (denied).<ref>Ibn Kathīr, ''Tafsīr al-Qurʾān'', vol. 2, p. 132.</ref>