Wannan, sūrah ta biyu mafi tsawo a cikin Alƙur'ani, an saukar da ita a Madina, bayan wani ɗan lokaci kaɗan da saukar Sūrah 60, Matar da Aka Jarraba, ko Al-Mumtaĥanah. Wasu rahotanni sun ce an saukar da sashen wannan sūrah ta ƙarshe a lokacin balaguron da ya ƙare da faɗuwar Makka ga Musulunci a shekara ta 8 ta kalandar Musulunci, yayin da sauran sassanta kuma an saukar da su tun farko, a shekara ta 6, a lokacin balaguron da ya ƙare da yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya ta Al-Ĥudaybiyyah.

This, the second longest sūrah in the Qur’ān was revealed in Madinah, following shortly after Sūrah 60, The Examined Woman, or Al-Mumtaĥanah. Some reports say that this latter sūrah was partly revealed at the time of the expedition that ended in Makkah’s fall to Islam in year 8 of the Islamic calendar, while the other parts were revealed earlier, in year 6, at the time of the expedition ending in the peace treaty of Al-Ĥudaybiyyah.

Kamar yadda aka bayyana a Juzu'i na ɗaya, a lokacin da muka tattauna farkon Sūrah ta 2, Al-Baqara, ba za a iya tabbatar da tsarin lokacin saukar sūrorin Alƙur'ani gaba ɗaya ba.