The moment it began to be sent down, it impelled a quiet and pious man to... raise his voice against falsehood, and pitted him in a grim struggle against the lords of disbelief, evil and iniquity.
The moment it began to be sent down, it impelled a quiet and pious man to abandon his life of solitude and confront the world that was living in rebellion against Allah. It inspired him to raise his voice against falsehood, and pitted him in a grim struggle against the lords of disbelief, evil and iniquity.