CAUSE OF THE REVELATION (VERSE NO. 107 - 110)

      Before leaving Medina for TABUK, the prophet was asked to honour by his presence, and inaugurate a new mosque that was built by some hypocrites and nominal Muslims round them. The prophet postponed the inauguration till his return from the journey. When he was returning from TABUK a plot was hatched against his life, but fortunately it failed; that God had promised in Qurän to protect His Messenger from people. The prophet then realized that an intrigue against him was going on between a few nominal Muslims and the hypocrites who had built the new mosque. Later on, in Quränic literature it was called,``AL-ZARRAR''= the ``Mosque of Dissension''

As soon as the prophet returned to Medina from his journey, he ordered the Mosque of Dissension to be put to fire and ruined! "go and burn out the Mosque of Dissension" ; ordered the Messenger of god to some of the faithfuls.

A PLACE OF AMBUSH FOR WHO?

In the above verse (NO.107) Qurän has called the said mosque of dissension, as a place of ambush for him who fought Allah and His Messenger afore time. Who was that?

      All historians have narrated that he was named, ©ABUÄMIR¨ a Christian priest in the Pagan Era, with high influence in the tribe of KHAZARJ. He acted as a herald foretelling the near advent of Mohammad, the last of the apostles, and gave the glad tiding of his coming very soon!

      After the glorious victory of the prophet in the Battle of Badr, Abuämir fled to Mecca and encouraged the idolaters to wage a war against Mohammad. He promised the pagans that he had very many friends and disciples in Medina and if you besiege Muslims they will rush out to help you!

      He succeeded to convince the idolaters, and planned the tactics, and led the pagan forces to Ohud to fight against Allah and His Messenger! After the battle of Ohud, ABUÄMIR went to Heracleus, the Roman Emperor, and urged him to wage a war against Muslims whom he called them to be enemies of Jesus Christ (AS)! The prophet then gave him the title, ``DEBAUCHER'' finally he wrote a letter confidentially to the hypocrites of Medina, giving them the good news that soon will he come in accompany with a great force to give an end to Mohammadanism, once and for all! In his confidential letter he had asked the hypocrites to build a central place for the political endeavours that he led. To this effect, the hypocrites, after a lot of consultations, agreed to build a new Mosque and keep its control in their own hands. This was to be a place of ambush for ABUÄMIR and a center of gathering for his follower; but Mohammad was inspired by the above verses, and by destructing the Mosque of Dissension, and burning it to ashes, everything went upside down for the hypocrites and the enemies of God!

MAKING AN IDOLِHOUSE OUT OF THE MOSQUE (VERSE NO. 107)

      Another group of insidious evil-doers is now mentioned.

      When the prophet emigrated from Mecca, he rested four days in QUBÄِa village in the suburb of Medina, about three miles to the south-east. During this short period of his rest, the holy prophet built a mosque in the village which is known as the, ``mosque of piety''.

      It was a simple small hall built of primeval constructional materials, but was indeed founded upon piety and love for God. It now exists in a magnificent form, with the highest esteem for being the first mosque in Islam and for being constructed by Mohammad the Messenger of God and a group of his truthful companions and disciples. During his subsequent stay in Medina the Messenger of God frequently came to QUBÄ, and stood in prayer in that sacred mosque.

      As we mentioned above under the occasion of the revelation,

some of the hypocrites who were in league with the said treacherous ABUÄMIR, decided to build another mosque in QUBÄ, somewhat bigger and possessing more splendor, than the existing mosque of piety. They wanted their new and developed mosque to replace that of the prophet for the following purposes:ِ

      1- To injure the prophet and his followers, and to impair and lessen the value of the simple mosque of piety in sight of people.

      2- To strengthen the principle of blasphemy and disbelief in order to drive people back towards their former heathenism.

      3- To create dissension and disagreement of opinion among Muslims.

      4- And to establish a place of ambush for the said ABUÄMIR who was a sworn enemy of the prophet and his religion. Strange, that they wanted to wrap all these mischiefs and devilish motive in the covering of a splendid newly built mosque.

      God forbade His Messenger to stand in prayer in that mosque of Dissension, built by some debauchers upon deceit, pretence, and hypocrisy; instead of piety and Godliness.

      The attendants of a mosque can give value to it and not its beautiful walls and attractive ceiling, or luxurious lustres and shades of lamps:ِ

      `` A mosque founded upon piety from the begining is more becoming for you to stand in it in prayer. There are men in it who love to purify themselves; and Allah loves those who purify and clean themselves.''

      A true Muslim must be clean in body, pure in mind, and sincere in heart. His intention should always be Allah, and his religion pure of worldly gains.