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Surah Al Mudassir (The Clothed One)
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Surah Al Mudassir (The Clothed One) is the 74th Surah and found in the 29th parah of the Holy Quran. This Surah has 56 verses, 288 words, and 1023 letters, This was revealed in the city of Makkah so, called the “Makki” Surah.

Surah Muddassir has benefits to recite it, If Surah Al Mudassir is recited routinely and a person makes a supplication (Dua) after its recitation, his supplication will be answered and he will get what he asked for.

The Covered (Arabic: ٱلْمُدَّثِّر, al-muddaththir, meaning "the Cloaked One" or "the Man Wearing a Cloak") is the 74th chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an, with 56 verses (āyāt).

As mentioned earlier the name is one of the name or title of Muhammad. Later it is used as a male given name spelt as Mudathir or Mudather in the Arabian Peninsula or Africa, and Mudassar in Central Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Many well-known authors' chronologies, including that of Ibn Kathir, place Surat al-Muddaththir as the second surah revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad, citing the hadith:

Jabir ibn Abd Allah told, I heard the Messenger of Allah – and he was narrating about the pause in Revelation – so he said in his narration: "I was walking, when I heard a voice from the heavens. So I raised my head, and there was an angel, the one that had come to me at Hira, sitting upon a chair between the heavens and the earth. I fled from him out of fear, and I returned and said: "Wrap me up! Wrap me up!" So they covered me. Then Allah, Most High revealed: "O you who are wrapped up! Arise and warn." Up to His saying: "And keep away from the Rujz!" before the Salat was made obligatory.

Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, etc. Although reports exist of revelation order other than second, the thematic elements of preparation for the Day of Judgment and warnings for the non-believers are consistent with other early Meccan suras. According to Sayyid Qutb's exegesis, the first verses of this surah as well as those of Surah 73 represent Muhammad’s earliest revelations and those which prepare him for the ordeal of revelation.

Surat al-Muddaththir is structured thematically and chronologically. Containing 56 total verses, this surah was most likely revealed on at least two occasions and compiled retroactively. Verses 1-30 and 32-56 are composed of short, poetic lines which maintain rhyme structure and the Arabic rhetorical device of parallel construction. This is consistent with the verses of the early Meccan period. Verse 31 is unique in its prose-like syntax and length; it is easily the longest verse of this surah and is a glaring break with the rhyme structure that precedes and follows it. This type of verse is most common in the later Medinan revelations.

The Holy Quran is a perfect source of guidance as it teaches us to spend our lives as per the instructions of Allah. Muslims are residing in different countries and it is a reason that the Holy Quran is now translated into several languages.

The Surah takes its name from the word al-muddaththir in the first verse. This also is only a name, not a title of its subject matter.

The first seven verses of this Surah belong to the earliest period at Makkah. Even according to some traditions which have been related in Bukhari, Muslim, Tirmidhi, Musnad Ahmad, etc., on the authority of Hadrat Jabir bin Abdullah, these are the very earliest verses of the Quran to be revealed to the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace). But the Muslim Ummah almost unanimously agreed that the earliest Revelation to the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) consisted of the first five verses of Surah Al-Alaq (XCVI) However, what is established by authentic traditions is that after this first Revelation, no Revelation came down to the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) for quite some time. Then, when it was resumed, it started with theme verses of Surah Al-Muddaththir.