How was that and it was said that this was the last thing to...

How was that and it was said that this was the last thing to be revealed of the Quran." Al-Ghadeer, vol.8 p.10 forbidden from it." Praying for forgiving Abu Talib (according to their tradition) continued by the Prophet (s) and didn't stop except by the revelation of this verse: (It is not (fit) for the Prophet and those who believe that they should ask forgiveness for the polytheists, even though they should be near relatives, after it has become clear to them that they are inmates of the flaming fire).

How was it possible for the Prophet (s) to pray Allah to forgive his uncle along the period since the death of his uncle until the revelation of this verse -as they confessed- whereas many verses were revealed to the Prophet (s) during this period forbidding the Prophet (s) and the believers from being loving and kind to the polytheists and from praying Allah to forgive them or from obeying the enemies of Allah before the revelation of this verse in a long time?

We mentioned some verses in a previous chapter but we mention some of them here too: a. (You shall not find a people who believe in Allah and the latter day befriending those who act in opposition to Allah and His Messenger, even though they were their (own) fathers, or their sons, or their brothers ...) 58:22. This verse, which was a part of the sura of al-Mujadila, was revealed in Medina years before the revelation of Bara'a. Seven suras were revealed before the sura of Bara'a.

(1) Also it was said that it was revealed to the Prophet (s) during the day of the battle of Badr (2) in the second year of hijra. Also it was said that it was revealed during the battle of Uhud (3) in the third year of hijra. ____________ 1 Al-Ghadeer, vol.8 p.10, al-Itqan vol.1 p.17. 2 Ibid as mentioned by Abu Hatim, al-Hakim, Abu Na'eem, al-Bayhaqi, ibn Katheer in his Tafseer vol.4 p.329, ash-Shawkani in his Tafseer vol.5 p.189. 3 Al-Ghadeer, vol.8 p.10.

Some said that this sura or some verses of it were revealed in Mecca. (1) According to the all sayings, the revelation of the sura of al-Mujadila was, no doubt, many years before the sura of Bara'a. b. (O you who believe! do not take the unbelievers for friends rather than the believers; do you desire that you should give to Allah a manifest proof against yourselves?) 4:144. An-Nahhass said that this verse was revealed in Mecca. Also it was said that it was revealed at the hijra.