Post by Islam For All on Nov 13, 2011 17:38:10 GMT 5
6. MADANI SURAHS:
After facing opposition for thirteen years in Makkah, The Islamic Movement found a new center in Al-Madina where it became possible to collect all its followers from the various parts of Arab and to unify nad strengthen them. Accordingly, the Holy Prophet (PBUH)and the majority of the Muslims migrated to Al-Madina.
Then the movement entered its third stage under totally changed conditions. Now that Muslim Community had succeeded in founding a regular state, an armed encounter ensued with the exponents of the old order of ignorance. Besides this, the Jews and Christians came into conflict with it even though they also professed to be the followers of Prophets. It had also to deal with different kinds of hypocrite Muslims who had somehow or the other entered its fold. But in spite of all these obstacles, the Movement succeeded in subduing the whole of Arabia after a hard struggle of ten years and was in position to extend its universal message of reform to the outer world.
As by and by, several changes took place in this stage also, and every changed condition has its own special problems, so Allah revealed to the prophet Muhammad (PBUH) the kind of discourses required for any particular occasion. That is why some of these were couched in the fiery rhetoric of a warner and the others in the form of royal edicts of the law-giver. Some adopted the methods of a teacher, trainer and reformer and taught the principles and the methods of organizing a community, of building up a state and of constructing a good civilization for the conduct of different affairs of life. Others gave instructions for dealing with the hypocrites or the unbelievers, who had come under the protection of the Islamic state. Then in some of these discourses , the Muslims were taught the kind of relations they should have with the people of the Book and with the belligerent powers and with their own allies. In others they were taught, trained and organized to carry out their obligation as vicegerents of the Lord of the Universe. Some gave instructions for their guidance and warned them of their weaknesses and exhorted them to sacrifice their lives and properties in the way of Allah.
Others taught the moral lessons they needed in defeat and victory, adversity and prosperity, war and peace. In short these trained to carry on the missionary work for the propagation of Islam as the successors of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H). then some discourses invited to Islam the people of the book, the hypocrites, the unbelievers and the blasphemers, or rebuked them for their hard heartedness or warned them of the doom in store for them or admonished them for neglecting lessons from the stories and the events of the past, so as to leave no excuse for their sticking to the wrong ways of life.
This is the background of the surahs that were revealed during the ten years at Al Madinah. It is obvious that their style had to be different from that of the Makki surahs.
After facing opposition for thirteen years in Makkah, The Islamic Movement found a new center in Al-Madina where it became possible to collect all its followers from the various parts of Arab and to unify nad strengthen them. Accordingly, the Holy Prophet (PBUH)and the majority of the Muslims migrated to Al-Madina.
Then the movement entered its third stage under totally changed conditions. Now that Muslim Community had succeeded in founding a regular state, an armed encounter ensued with the exponents of the old order of ignorance. Besides this, the Jews and Christians came into conflict with it even though they also professed to be the followers of Prophets. It had also to deal with different kinds of hypocrite Muslims who had somehow or the other entered its fold. But in spite of all these obstacles, the Movement succeeded in subduing the whole of Arabia after a hard struggle of ten years and was in position to extend its universal message of reform to the outer world.
As by and by, several changes took place in this stage also, and every changed condition has its own special problems, so Allah revealed to the prophet Muhammad (PBUH) the kind of discourses required for any particular occasion. That is why some of these were couched in the fiery rhetoric of a warner and the others in the form of royal edicts of the law-giver. Some adopted the methods of a teacher, trainer and reformer and taught the principles and the methods of organizing a community, of building up a state and of constructing a good civilization for the conduct of different affairs of life. Others gave instructions for dealing with the hypocrites or the unbelievers, who had come under the protection of the Islamic state. Then in some of these discourses , the Muslims were taught the kind of relations they should have with the people of the Book and with the belligerent powers and with their own allies. In others they were taught, trained and organized to carry out their obligation as vicegerents of the Lord of the Universe. Some gave instructions for their guidance and warned them of their weaknesses and exhorted them to sacrifice their lives and properties in the way of Allah.
Others taught the moral lessons they needed in defeat and victory, adversity and prosperity, war and peace. In short these trained to carry on the missionary work for the propagation of Islam as the successors of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H). then some discourses invited to Islam the people of the book, the hypocrites, the unbelievers and the blasphemers, or rebuked them for their hard heartedness or warned them of the doom in store for them or admonished them for neglecting lessons from the stories and the events of the past, so as to leave no excuse for their sticking to the wrong ways of life.
This is the background of the surahs that were revealed during the ten years at Al Madinah. It is obvious that their style had to be different from that of the Makki surahs.