THIS chapter contains revelations suited to the circumstances of the Muslim community at Madina and the interests of the new religion

'after the defeat of Ohod. Questions relating to inheritance, the treatment of widows and orphans, forbidden degrees, &c., naturally arose. These questions find an answer here. Besides these, there are numerons passages containing exhortations to fight for the faith of Islam, together 'with denunciations against the Jews and the disaffected tribes of Madina and its vicinity. The various expeditions sent against the~e during the year following the battle at Ohod called for certain regulations, which are the subject of a portion of this chapter. And, finally, the Christians are referred to in the latter part of the chapter, where they are reproved, partly under cover of the Jews, for their faith in the crucifixion and death of Jesus, and their belief in the doctrine of the Trinity and the Sonship of Christ.