Abul Ala Maududi in his Tafhim-ul-Quran under the Introduction to verses of refuge), when it is said about a certain sura or verse that it was revealed on this or that particular occasion, it does not necessarily mean that it was revealed for the first time on that very occasion. Rather it sometimes so happened that a sura or a verse had previously been revealed, then on the occurrence or appearance of a particular incident or situation, Muhammad's attention was drawn to it by Allah for the second time, or even again and again. In Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi's opinion the same also was the case with the Verses of Refuge. The subject matter of these suras is explicit that these were sent down at Makkah in the first instance when opposition to Muhammad there had grown very intense. Later, when at Madinah storms of opposition were raised by the hypocrites, Jews and polytheists, Muhammad was instructed to recite these very chapters, as has been mentioned in the above cited tradition from Uqbah bin Amir. After this, when magic was worked on him, and his illness grew intense, angel Gabriel came and instructed him by Allah's command to recite these very chapters. Therefore, in the same opinion, the view held by the commentators who describe both these chapters as Makki is more reliable. Regarding them as connected exclusively with the incident of magic is difficult, for to this incident related only one verse (v.4), the remaining verses of Sūrat of Daybreak and the whole of Sūrat of Mankind have nothing to do with it directly. Theme and subject matter The conditions under which these two suras were sent down in Makkah were as follows. As soon as Muhammed began to preach the message of Islam, it seemed as though he had provoked all classes of the people around him. As his message spread the opposition of the disbelieving Quraish also became more and more intense. As long as they had any hope that they would be able to prevent him from preaching his message by throwing some temptation in his way, or striking some bargain with him, their hostility did not become very active. But when Muhammad disappointed them completely that he would not effect any kind of compromise with them in the matter of faith, and in Sūrat Disbelievers they were plainly told: "I do not worship those who