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Surah al-Muddaththir (The Cloaked One) is a Meccan surah. (1)

In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.

“O you who are wrapped up [in your cloak], (1)”

[“O you who are wrapped up [in your cloak]”] (2). Abd al-Wahid al-Mulayhi informed us; Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Nu'aymi informed us; Muhammad ibn Yusuf informed us; Muhammad ibn Isma'il related to us; Yahya related to us; Waki related to us, from Ali ibn al-Mubarak, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, who said: I asked Abu Salamah [ibn] (3) Abd al-Rahman about the first part of the Quran to be revealed. He said, “O you who are wrapped up [in your cloak].” I said, “They say, ‘Read in the name of your Lord who created’ (al-Alaq—1)?” Abu Salamah replied: I asked Jabir ibn Abd Allah about this, and said to him what you have said to me. Jabir said: “I will tell you only what the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, told us. He said: ‘I stayed in retreat at Hira. When I had completed my retreat, I descended, and I was called. I looked to my right but saw nothing; I looked to my left but saw nothing; I looked ahead of me but saw nothing; and I looked behind me but saw nothing. Then I raised my head and saw something. So I went to Khadijah and said: “Cover me, and pour cold water over me.”’ He said: They covered me and poured cold water over me. Then these verses were revealed: ‘O you who are wrapped up [in your cloak], arise and warn, and magnify your Lord.’” (5)

Abd al-Wahid al-Mulayhi informed us; Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Nu'aymi informed us; Muhammad ibn Yusuf informed us; Muhammad ibn Isma'il related to us; Abd Allah ibn Yusuf related to us; al-Layth related to us, from Uqayl. Ibn Shihab said: I heard Abu

(1) Ibn al-Durays, Ibn Mardawayh, al-Nahhas, and al-Bayhaqi narrated from Ibn Abbas that Surah al-Muddaththir was revealed in Mecca. See al-Durr al-Manthur, 8:324. (2) Omitted in manuscript “B.” (3) Omitted in manuscript “A.” (4) Added from manuscript “B.” (5) Reported by al-Bukhari in al-Tafsir, “Tafsir of Surah al-Muddaththir,” 8:676-677; and by Muslim in al-Iman, chapter: “The Beginning of Revelation to the Messenger of Allah,” no. 161, 1:144.

سُورَةُ الْمُدَّثِّرِ مَكِّيَّةٌ (١) بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ (١) ﴾ [ ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ﴾ ] (٢) ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ الْمَلِيحِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ النَّعِيمِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلَتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ [بْنَ] (٣) عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَوَّلِ مَا نَزَلَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ؟ قَالَ: "يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ" قُلْتُ: يَقُولُونَ: "اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ" (الْعَلَقِ-١) ؟ فَقَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ: سَأَلَتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ مِثْلَ الَّذِي قُلْتَ، فَقَالَ جَابِرٌ: لَا أُحَدِّثُكَ إِلَّا بِمَا حَدَّثَنَا بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: "جَاوَرْتُ بِحِرَاءٍ فَلَمَّا قَضَيْتُ جِوَارِي هَبَطْتُ، فَنُودِيتُ فَنَظَرْتُ عَنْ يَمِينِي فَلَمْ أَرَ شَيْئًا وَنَظَرْتُ عَنْ شَمَالِي فَلَمْ أَرَ شَيْئًا وَنَظَرْتُ أَمَامِي فَلَمْ أَرَ شَيْئًا وَنَظَرْتُ خَلْفِي فَلَمْ أَرَ شَيْئًا فَرَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي فَرَأَيْتُ شَيْئًا فَأَتَيْتُ خَدِيجَةَ فَقُلْتُ: دَثِّرُونِي وَصُبُّوا عَلَيَّ مَاءً بَارِدًا [قَالَ] (٤) فَدَثَّرُونِي وَصَبُّوا عَلَيَّ مَاءً بَارِدًا قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ: "يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ قُمْ فَأَنْذِرْ وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ" (٥) . أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ الْمَلِيحِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ النَّعِيمِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا

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