Some of the Meccans said to the prophet: ``If you indeed have relations with Allah and you are His prophet, He should let you know of the hidden phenomena, and affairs, like a famine to come, or the raise of prices and dearth, or general scarcity of food and drought, so that you may shift in time to another place which is more suitable to live.'' To answer them, the above verse was sent down to the prophet. THE OCCASION OF REVELATION