In The Name Of Allah. The Beneficent. The Merciful
                                                     
                                                   Sura Nasr
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                                           No. 110 (3 verses)

Contents of the Sura:
       
This Sura was reve-aled at Medina after the migration of the Prophet (p.b.u.h) from Mecca to Medina. It contains the glad tidings of a great victory for Islam, after which, people, in droves, flocked to the banner of Islam. Then,    to thank Allah for that great gift, the holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.) is invited to 'glorify' and 'praise' Allah, and to pray for His 'forgiveness'.
       
There were many victories for Islam, but no triumph was as important as the bloodless conquest of Mecca, especially the Arabs believed, according to some narrations, that if the Prophet of Islam (p.b.u.h.) could conquer and capture Mecca, then, it was a sign of his legitimacy because if he were not right, Allah would not let him do so, as He did not allow Abrahah and his great force to destroy the Ka'ba. It was for this reason that the Arab pagans entered Islam, in groups, after the conquest of Mecca.
        Some have said that this Sura was revealed alongside the 'Hadibiyyah Peace'; six years after migration and two years before the conquest of Mecca.
        But, it is completely improbable to say, (as some have said), that it was revealed at the time of the farewell Pilgrimage after the conquest of Mecca. in the year 10 A.H. because, the ideas involved in the Sura, which inform of the incidents regarding the future, not the past, do not fit with this meaning.
        One of the names of this Sura is / taudi' / 'leave-taking', because it implicitly implicates the death of the Prophet (p.b.u.h.).
        
A tradition indicates that when this Sura was revealed and the holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.) recited it to the followers, they all became happy,

                                                                    

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