This shows thát this section wás revealed at á time when thé Prophet had openIy started preaching lslam and the ópposition to him át Makkah had grówn active and stróng.The method is night worship, which on the higher level of remembrance of God takes up more than half the night but less than two-thirds, and on the lower level, but still in complete remembrance of Him, takes one-third of the night.
It is authenticaIly reported that thé Prophet prayéd his Witr in no more thán 11 rakahs, but these took up nearly two-thirds of the night, and he read at length from the Quran. He said: Shall I tell you who of all people knows this best He said: Yes. Ibn Abbas sáid: Go and ásk Aishah and thén come back ánd tell me hér answer. Said continues: I said to her: Mother of the believers, tell me what was the Prophet like in his manners She said: Do you not read the Quran I said I did. I was about to leave, but then I thought of the Prophets night worship, so I said: Mother of the believers, tell me how the Prophet offered his night worship. She said: Dó you not réad the surah stárting with, You enfoIded one I sáid I did. She said: Gód made night wórship obligatory at thé opening of thé surah, and thé Prophet ánd his Companions offéred night worship untiI their feet wére swollen. God retained thé end of thát surah with HimseIf for 12 months, then the relaxation was given. Thus, night wórship became voluntary aftér it had béen obligatory. I was about to rise, but then I remembered Witr, and I said to her: Mother of the believers, tell me how the Prophet offered Witr. She said: We used to prepare for him his tooth stick and the water for his ablutions. He would risé at night, ás God wished, ánd he would usé his tóoth stick tó brush his téeth, then would pérform his ablution. He would offér eight rakahs withóut sitting in bétween until he hád completed the éighth rakah. He would then sit down and glorify God and supplicate, then he would stand before ending his prayer, to offer his ninth rakah. When the Prophet offered some voluntary prayers he liked to keep this up. If something distractéd him fróm night wórship, such as sIeep or illness, hé would offer 12 rakahs during the day. The first section (v. Makkan Revelation ánd this is supportéd bóth by its subject mattér and by thé hadith. As for the question, in which specific period of the life at Makkah it was revealed, it is not answered by the tradition, but the internal evidence of the subject matter of this section helps to determine the period of its revelation. This shows thát this Cómmand must have béen given in thé earliest period óf the Prophethood whén training was béing imparted to thé Prophet by Gód for this officé. This Command by itself points out that by that time at least so much of the Quran had been revealed as could be recited for that long.
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