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The Disbelievers · Meccan · 6 ayahs

قُلۡ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ ١

Say, "O disbelievers,

And from his narration on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas that he said regarding the interpretation of Allah's saying (Say: O disbelievers!): '(Say: O disbelievers!) a group of people who derided the Prophet (pbuh) among whom were al-'As Ibn Wa'il al-Sahmi and al-Walid Ibn al-Mughirah, said to the Prophet: �O Muhammad! Surrender to our deity so that we worship the God you worship�. And so Allah said addressing his Prophet: Say, O Muhammad, to these deriders, O disbelievers who mock Allah and the Qur'an.

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لَآ أَعۡبُدُ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ ٢

I do not worship what you worship.

(I worship not that which ye worship) of idols beside Allah;

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وَلَآ أَنتُمۡ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعۡبُدُ ٣

Nor are you worshippers of what I worship.

(Nor worship ye that which I worship) that which I will worship in the future.

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وَلَآ أَنَا۠ عَابِدٞ مَّا عَبَدتُّمۡ ٤

Nor will I be a worshipper of what you worship.

(And I shall not worship that which ye worship) beside Allah.

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وَلَآ أَنتُمۡ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعۡبُدُ ٥

Nor will you be worshippers of what I worship.

(Nor will ye worship that which I worship) that which I worshipped in the past; it is also said this means: I do not believe in the divinity in which you believe nor will I believe in the divinity which you believe in beside Allah nor will you believe in the divine Oneness of Allah which I believe in.

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لَكُمۡ دِينُكُمۡ وَلِيَ دِينِ ٦

For you is your religion, and for me is my religion."

(Unto you your religion) of disbelief and ascribing partners to Allah, (and unto me my religion) Islam and faith in Allah. The verses of fighting then abrogated this and the Prophet (pbuh) did fight them'

Text: Quranic Universal Library (Tarteel), via spa5k/tafsir_api (MIT), at a fixed version. The ayahs: Quran Foundation. Sources and licences

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