(2) Some said that it was revealed in Medina depending upon...

(2) Some said that it was revealed in Medina depending upon the saying of Aa'isha: "The sura of an-Nissa' was revealed when I was with the Prophet (s) (his wife)." (3) So its revelation was in the first years of hijra. (4) Any how the sura of an-Nisa' was revealed before the sura of Bara'a. There were twenty-one suras between them. (5) c. (Those who take the unbelievers for guardians rather than believers. Do they seek honor from them? Then surely all honor is for Allah) 4:139.

This verse was a part of sura of an-Nisa', which was revealed before the sura of Bara'a. d. (Let not the believers take the unbelievers for friends rather than believers; and whoever does this, he shall have nothing of (the guardianship of) Allah, but you should guard yourselves against them, guarding carefully) 3:28. This verse was one of the first verses in the beginning of the sura of Aal Imran.

The beginning of the sura, until the eightieth verse or some more, was revealed on the day ____________ 1 Many of the interpreters referred to that. 2 Al-Itqan vol.1 p.12. 3 Ibid, al-Bukhari's Sahih, vol.3 p.141, al-Ghadeer, vol.8 p.11. 4 Al-Ghadeer, vol.8 p.11. 5 Ibid, al-Itqan, vol.1 p.26. when the delegation of Najran (1) came to the Prophet (s) in the first years of hijra.

(2) It was mentioned that this verse was revealed about Obada bin as-Samit on the day (battle) of al-Ahzab in the fifth year of hijra. (3) Any how the sura of Aal Imran was revealed before the sura of Bara'a and there were twenty-four suras between them. (4) e. (It is alike to them whether you beg forgiveness for them or do not beg forgiveness for them; Allah will never forgive them) 63:6.

The sura of al-Munafiqoon, which this verse was a part of, was revealed in the year when the Prophet (s) and his army fought against the people of al-Mustalaq. It was the sixth year of hijra and it was definitely before the sura of Bara'a. (5) There were many other verses forbidding from supporting the polytheists, from praying Allah to forgive them and from being loving and kind to them.

The Prophet (s) kept on praying Allah to forgive his uncle and this was the utmost support and being loving and kind to him. Even the false tradition showed that the Prophet (s) kept on that and he didn't stop except when this forbidding verse was revealed as the tradition pretended. Could we -the Muslims- ascribe to the Prophet (s) a doing that his God, Who had sent him to guide the people, had forbidden him from?