Ibn Juraij has mentioned it to be 12 days, Kalbi 15 days, Ibn 'Abbas 25 days, and Suddi and Muqatil have stated that it extended to 40 days | In it, swearing an oath by the light of the day and the peacefulness of the night, he has been told: "Your Lord has neither forsaken you, nor is He displeased with you |
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Therefore, when he did not recite any new Revelation to them for quite some days, the opponents thought that the fountainhead from where the revelation came, had dried up | By the Day as it appears |
Your Lord has neither forsaken you nor hates you | Even with this, Abu Talib continued to follow the religion of his people, worshipping idols |
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Likewise, if you are constantly exposed to the light of revelation, your nerves would not stand it | meaning, it settles, darkens and overcomes them |
And whoever conceals it, then indeed he was ungrateful.