064- AL- TAGHABUN
MUTUAL DISPOSSESSION
Al-Taghābun is considered by most to be Madinan, and by some to be Makkan. According to a saying attributed to Ibn ʿAbbās, the entire surah was revealed in Makkah except the last verse. Others are said to have maintained that all but vv. 14–16 are Makkan. It takes its name from the reference to the Day of Judgment as the Day of Mutual Dispossession in v. 9, a concept unique to the Quran. Al-Taghābun is the last in the group of surahs known as “The Glorifiers” (alMusabbiḥāt), which begin with a reference to the glorification of God; the other “Glorifiers” are 57, 59, 61, and 62. Just as the previous surah distinguishes between the hypocrites and the believers, calling upon the hypocrites to repent, so too does this surah distinguish between the believers and the disbelievers, warning the disbelievers of the fate that awaits them. Both surahs end with a warning that property and children can be a source of diversion and thus of trial (63:9; 64:15) and with a reminder to spend in the way of God before being overcome by death (63:10; 64:16).
(source: “The Study Quran” a new translation and commentary by Seyyed Hossein Nasr)
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