The Believers had met with all sorts of trials and hardships about which they had been forewarned in Al-Baqarah.The following is the background of the Surah: Above all, they have been warned to guard against those weaknesses which had come to the surface in the Battle of Uhud.
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Besides this, they have been taught how to deal with the people of the Book and the hypocrites who were putting different kinds of hindrances in the way of Allah. Instructions have also been given about the reformative work they had to perform. The Muslims have been warned to learn a lesson from the religious and moral degeneration of the former communities and to refrain from treading in their footsteps. The second group, the Muslims, who had been declared to be the best Community in Al-Baqarah and appointed torch-bearers of the Truth and entrusted with the responsibility of reforming the world, have been given additional instructions in continuation of those given in the preceding Surah. They have been told here that Muhammad (Allah's peace be upon him) taught the same right way of life that had been preached by their own Prophets that it alone was the Right Way, the way of Allah hence any deviation from it will be wrong even according to their own Scriptures. The message has been extended to the Jews and the Christians in continuation of the invitation in Al-Baqarah, in which they have been admonished for their erroneous beliefs and evil morals and advised to accept, as a remedy, the Truth of the Quran. This Surah has been especially addressed to two groups-the people of the Book (the Jews and the Christians) and the followers of Muhammad (Allah's peace be upon him). Though these discourses were revealed at different periods and on different occasions, they are so inter-linked and so inter-connected in regard to their aim, object and central theme that they make together one continuous whole. 121-200) was revealed after the Battle of Uhud. 64-120) appears to have been revealed immediately after the first one. on the occasion of the visit of the deputation from the Christians of Najran. 1-32) was probably revealed soon after the Battle of Badr. Al-i-Imran, like the names of many other surahs, is merely a name to distinguish it from other surahs and does not imply that the family of Imran has been discussed in it.