This relates to the time when the Divine Command, fasda bi-ma tumar ("So, proclaim publicly, O Prophet, what you are being commanded") had not yet been revealed. Musnad Ahmad contains a tradition from Hadarat Asma, daughter of Abu Bakr (may Allah bless them both), to the effect: "I saw the Messenger of Allah offering his Prayers in the sacred precincts of the Ka'bah facing the corner in which the "Black Stone" is fixed. However, there are several authentic traditions which testify that it had been revealed in Makkah itself many years before the hijrah. But, firstly, there are also some other traditions from these very authorities, which contradict this view secondly, its subject matter bears a closer resemblance with the Makki Surahs than with the Madani Surahs rather it appears to belong to the very early Makkah period. The commentators generally hold the view that this is a Makki Surah, though according to some traditions which have been cited on the authority of Hadrat Abdullah bin Abbas, Ikrimah and Qatadah, it was revealed at Madinah. This title, however, deeply relates to the subject matter of the Surah too, for in it, from the beginning to the end, the manifestations and fruits of Allah's attribute of mercy and grace have been mentioned. This Surah is entitled Ar Rahman, the word with which it begins.
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