Circumstances of Revelation
Place: Mecca. → Introduction
The occasion: Rūḥ al-maʿānī lists several men about whom the sūrah is said to have been revealed: Ubayy b. Khalaf; al-Akhnas b. Sharīq, a foul-mouthed gossiper; Umayyah b. Khalaf al-Jumaḥī, who used to pick on the Prophet; Jamīl b. ʿĀmir; al-Walīd b. al-Mughīrah, who used to defame the Prophet; and al-ʿĀṣ b. Wāʾil. Its author adds that it may have been revealed with reference to all of them. Al-Mizan: it may also be that the narrators were matching the verse with particular people, as in many reports on occasions of revelation. → Narrations
A summary prepared from Tafsīr al-Mīzān: where and when the sūrah was revealed, and the occasions reported for its verses, with the ʿAllāmah's view of them. Each point links to the full discussion.