Transliteration:( Innal abraara yashra boona min kaasin kaana mizaa juhaa kaafooraa )
8. These eighteen verses were revealed in honour of Hazrat Alli, Imam Hassan, Imam Husain, sayyeda Faatimah and their maid servant Fiddah, as these pious people had taken a vow of keeping three fasts at the time when Imam Hassan and Imam Husain became ill. They fulfilled this vow when they gained their health.
But at the time of Iftaar, each evening, there was either a beggar, a destitute or a prisoner coming to their door, for whom whatever was cooked was given and they themselves slept without a morsel of food on all three nights. It is for this reason that Hazrat Alli (May Allah be pleased with him) is called the Prince of Generosity. The majority of the scholars are of the opinion that Surah Ad-Dahr was revealed in Madina because the prisoners were in Madina and not in Makkah.
Some said that only these verses were revealed in Madina. It should be remembered that at the time of these fasts there was a great deal of hardship in the household of the Holy Prophet Each night whatever income came was equal to one bread per person. At the time of Iftaar, in the evening, when they sat to break their fast there would always be someone seeking food. In response each one would give their bread to the beggar and go to bed without eating.
The tafsir of Surah Al-Insan verse 5 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Insan ayat 4 which provides the complete commentary from verse 4 through 12.
(76:5) The virtuous[6] shall drink from a cup tempered with camphor water.
6. The word abrar as used in the original implies the peoplewho have done full justice to their Lord’s obedience, havecarried out the duties enjoined by Him and abstained fromthe things forbidden by Him.
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