Tafsir al-Jalalayn al-Kafirun الكَافِرُون (The Disbelievers, Atheists, The Unbelievers) 6 verses · Meccan

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ
Abdel Haleem
Say [Prophet], ‘Disbelievers
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

Say ‘O disbelievers!

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لَا أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ
Abdel Haleem
I do not worship what you worship
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

I do not worship at present what you worship of idols

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وَلَا أَنتُمْ عَابِدُونَ مَا أَعْبُدُ
Abdel Haleem
you do not worship what I worship
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

and you do not worship at present what I worship and that is God exalted be He alone

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وَلَا أَنَا عَابِدٌ مَّا عَبَدتُّمْ
Abdel Haleem
I will never worship what you worship
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

nor will I worship in the future what you have worshipped

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وَلَا أَنتُمْ عَابِدُونَ مَا أَعْبُدُ
Abdel Haleem
you will never worship what I worship
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

nor will you worship in the future what I worship God knew that they would never become believers the use of the inanimate mā ‘what’ to refer to God is meant to counter the reference to ‘what thing’ they worship.

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لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِيَ دِينِ
Abdel Haleem
you have your religion and I have mine.’
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

You have your religion idolatry and I have a religion’ Islam this was revealed before he was commanded to wage war against the idolaters all seven Qur’ānic readers omit the yā’ of the genitive possessive construction in wa-liya dīni whether with a pause or without; Ya‘qūb however retains it in both cases.

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