Relevance of Makkah and Madinah Chapters To Islamic Sholars In Nigeria

Abstract

The Holy Qur’an was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him (PBUH)) to guide mankind. The revelation which started in 610 CE and ended in 210CE-633CE. Some of these chapters were revealed in Makkah, some were revealed in between Makkah and Madinah, some were revealed in Madinah, some between Makkah and Palestine. Revelation sometimes comes to  promulgate new law guiding “Ibadat”, “Idayah” and “Muamalah” or amendment of the existing law or in the quest for a soft landing by the Arabs as in is Surat Al-Mujadalah (Q 53: 1-4), and Surat An-Nisa’ (Q 3: 32-35) or in the quest of the Jews and the Christians on soft landing as shown in Surat Al-Maidah (Q 3: 41-43), and (Q 3: 47-50), some verses revealed history of the past Prophets and their people like Surat Yunnus, Uhud, Ibrahim, Yusuf, Mariam, Lukman etc.  Some verses discussed natural phenomena like mountain, seas, rivers, rain and winds, plants, and animals. Some of these verses were revealed base on situations and occurrences. It is against this back drop, that this paper through descriptive method analysis discussed the relevance of Makkah and Madinah Verses / Chapters to Da’awah Activities and it’s implication for Islamic Schars in Contemporary Nigeria Society. Effort is made to examine the meaning of Makkee and Madanee Chapters, revelation of those verses base on time and places among others. The paper however concludes that emphases should be laid on the teaching of Ulumul-Qur’an in schools.