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When he says,

Oh you who believe, have the Takwa of Allah be conscious of Allah,

the way that Allah Azza wa Jalla is worthy that you are conscious of him

and do not die except in a state of submission.

Dear Muslims, we're all aware that the first revelations of the Qur'an

in chronological order were Surah Ikhra

and then Surah Mu-Deathir and then Surah Mu-Zammil.

This is the chronology that is accepted and found

in all of our source books of Syrah and of Tefsir.

Let us briefly examine the psychology, the reality,

the impact of these three revelations

and of course each of these revelations

only the first few ayat came down

and see what was the plan,

what was the methodological output that was intended

by the revelation of these three specific Suras.

If you look at the first of them, Ikhra

and I'm sure you have all studied the Tefsir of Ikhra

given Khudbas, have heard Khudbas about Ikhra.

Ikhra was one of the most amazing

and frankly atypical revelations in a society that was illiterate

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