89:1-2

89:1-2

89:1 

By the break of Day

89:2

By the Nights twice five;

By the Ten Nights are usually understood the

first ten nights of Dhu al Hijjah, the sacred season of

Pilgrimage. From the most ancient times Makkah was the centre ofArab pilgrimage. The story of Abraham is intimately connected with it: see 2:125-127 and notes, also n. 217to 2:197. In times of Paganism various superstitions were introduced,

which Islam swept away. Islam also purified