CHAP. XCIII.
Intitled, The Brightness; revealed at Mecca.
In the name of the most merciful God.
[a] By the brightness of the morning;] The original word properly signifies the bright part of the day, when the sun shines full out, three or four hours after it is risen.
[a] Thy Lord hath not forsaken thee, &c.] It is related that no revelation having been vouchsafed to Mohammed for several days, in answer to some questions put to him by the Koreish, because he had confidently promised to resolve them the next day, without adding the exception, if it please God [1] , or because he had repulsed an importunate beggar, or else because a dead puppy lay under his seat, or for some other reason; his enemies said that God had left him: whereupon this chapter was sent down for his consolation [2] .
[1] See chap. 18. p. 241.
[2] Al Beidawi, Jallal.