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Chapter 74

Shroudedal-Muddaththir ( المدثر )

56 verses • revealed at Meccan

»The surah that opens by addressing the enwrapped Prophet as the Shrouded Messenger. It takes its name from the word “wrapped in mantle” (muddaththir) in verse 1. The first verses of this surah (verse 1 ff.) were revealed after one of the Prophets first encounter with the Angel of Revelation in the Cave of Ḥirāʾ. The surah goes on, in a section from a later period, to remind the obstinate disbelievers of their fate on the Day of Judgement (verse 8 ff.) and a specific opponent of the Prophet is singled out (verse 11 ff.). The end of the surah (verse 39 ff.) exposes the foolishness of the disbelievers” attitude to the Revelation and the Day of Resurrection.«

The surah is also known as The Cloaked One, The Enfolded, The Enfolded One, The Enveloped, The Man Wearing a Cloak, The Mantled Messenger, Wrapped in his Cloak

بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ

Ali Unal: IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE ALL-COMPASSIONATE

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يا أَيُّهَا المُدَّثِّرُ

Ali Unal

Being one of the earliest Revelations to the Messenger, upon him be peace and blessings, this sūrah has 56 verses and derives its name from the word al-muddaththir in the first verse, meaning “the cloaked and solitary one.” It outlines almost all the fundamentals of faith and the basic truths pertaining to humankind with which the Qur’ān is closely concerned.
O you cloaked one (who has preferred solitude)!1
  • After the first Revelation in the Cave of Hirah, the Revelation did not come for some time. During this break, God’s Messenger, upon him be peace and blessings, usually preferred solitude in his home, and waited for the new Revelation to come. One day, when he was walking outside, he saw Gabriel in his original form, “sitting between the heaven and the earth.” This marked the end of the intermission, and the Revelation that began to come with this sūrah continued without cessation.