Moderating the voice in prayer
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As narrated from Ibn Abbas in Bukhari and Muslim, this verse was revealed while the Prophet was still concealed in Mecca. When he raised his voice while leading his companions in prayer, the polytheists would hear it and hurl insults at the Quran, at the One who sent it down, and at the one who brought it. Thereupon the verse was revealed: "Do not be loud in your prayer, nor silent in it, but seek a way between."
Buhârî 4722; Müslim 446
Revelation context of the surah
Surah-wide
Al-Isra is Meccan, dated to the late Meccan period; it takes its name from the Night Journey, which the predominant view places about a year to a year and a half before the Hijra. It contains references to the history of the Children of Israel and sets out a comprehensive charter of moral principles.
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