Al-Muddaththir
74th chapter of the Qur'an
The Covered (Arabic: ٱلْمُدَّثِّر, al-muddaththir, meaning "the Cloaked One" or "the Man Wearing a Cloak") is the 74th chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an, with 56 verses (āyāt).
Summary
1-7 Muhammad commanded to rise and preach Islam
8-10 The Judgment Day shall be a sad day for the unbelievers
11-26 God exhorts Muhammad to leave his enemy in his hands
27-29 The pains of hell described
30-34 Nineteen angels set as a guard over hell, and why nineteen are mentioned
35-40 Oath to attest the horrible calamities of hell-fire
41-49 The wicked shall in hell confess their sins to the righteous
50-55 Infidels shall receive no other warning than that of the Quran
Chronology
Many well-known authors' chronologies, including that of Ibn Kathir, place Surat al-Muddaththir as the second surah revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad, citing the hadith: Jabir ibn Abd Allah told, I heard the Messenger of Allah – and he was narrating about the pause in Revelation – so he said in his narration: "I was walking, when I heard a voice from the heavens. So I raised my head, and there was an angel, the one that had come to me at Hira, sitting upon a chair between the heavens and the earth. I fled from him out of fear, and I returned and said: "Wrap me up! Wrap me up!" So they covered me. Then Allah, Most High revealed: "O you who are wrapped up! Arise and warn." Up to His saying: "And keep away from the Rujz!" before the Salat was made obligatory.
Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, etc. Although reports exist of revelation order other than second, the thematic elements of preparation for the Day of Judgment and warnings for the non-believers are consistent with other early Meccan suras. According to Sayyid Qutb's exegesis, the first verses of this surah as well as those of Surah 73 represent Muhammad's earliest revelations and those which prepare him for the ordeal of revelation.
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