Surat Al Kafirun 1 6

This article is about 109th sura of Quran. For the plural form of word “kafir”, see Kuffar.

109th chapter of the Qur’an

Sura 109 of the Alquran

ٱلكَافِرُون Al-Kāfirūn The Disbelievers
Arabic text Audio file English translation
Classification	Meccan
Other names	The Unbelievers
Position	Juzʼ 30
No. of verses	6
No. of words	27
No. of letters	98
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Al-Kāfirūn
^[1]
(Arabic:
الكافرون, “The Unbelievers”) is the name of the 109th chapter (sūrah) of the Quran. It has six
ayat
or verses as follows:

۝^[2]
Say, “Udara murni disbelievers,

۝ I do not worship what you worship.

۝ Nor are you worshippers of what I worship.

۝ Nor will I be a worshipper of what you worship.

۝ Nor will you be worshippers of what I worship.

۝ For you is your religion, and for berpenyakitan is my religion.”^[3]

Text and meaning

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Text and transliteration

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• Hafs from Aasim ibn Abi al-Najud

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ۝
‎


Bismi l-lāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm(i)



قُلْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ
۝١‎


^{{{2}}}


Qul yā’ay-yuha l-kāfirūn(a)



لَآ أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ
۝٢‎


²


Lā ’a‘budu mā ta‘budūn(a)



وَلَآ أَنتُمْ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعْبُدُ
۝٣‎


³


Walā ’antum ‘ābidūna mā ’a‘bud(u)



وَلَآ أَنَا۠ عَابِدٌ مَّا عَبَدتُّمْ
۝٤‎


⁴


Walā ’ana ‘ābidu m-mā ‘abat-tum



وَلَآ أَنتُمْ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعْبُدُ
۝٥‎


⁵


Walā ’antum ‘abidūna mā ’a‘bud(u)



لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِىَ دِينِ
۝٦‎


⁶


Lakum dīnukum waliya dīn(i)

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• Warsh from Nafiʽ al-Madani

بِسۡمِ اِ۬للَّهِ اِ۬لرَّحۡمَٰنِ اِ۬لرَّحِيمِ
۝‎


Bismi l-lāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm(i)



قُلۡ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا اَ۬لۡكَٰفِرُونَ
۝١‎


¹


Qul yā’ay-yuha l-kāfirūn(a)



لَآ أَعۡبُدُ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ
۝٢‎


²


Lā ’a‘budu mā ta‘budūn(a)



وَلَآ أَنتُمۡ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعۡبُدُ
۝٣‎


³


Walā ’antum ‘ābidūna mā ’a‘bud(u)



وَلَآ أَنَا۠ عَابِدٌ مَّا عَبَدتُّمۡ
۝٤‎


⁴


Walā ’ana ‘ābidu m-mā ‘abat-tum



وَلَآ أَنتُمۡ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعۡبُدُ
۝٥‎


⁵


Walā ’antum ‘abidūna mā ’a‘bud(u)



لَكُمۡ دِينُكُمۡ وَلِىَ دِينِ
۝٦‎


⁶


Lakum dīnukum waliya dīn(i)

Meanings

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¹

Say (Ozon Muhammad (Peace be upon him) to these Mushrikun and Kafirun): “Ozon Al-Kafirun (disbelievers in Yang mahakuasa, in His Oneness, in His Angels, in His Books, in His Messengers, in the Day of Resurrection, and in Al-Qadar, etc.)!


²

“I worship not that which you worship,


³

“Nor will you worship that which I worship.


⁴

“And I shall titinada worship that which you are worshipping.


⁵

“Nor will you worship that which I worship.


⁶

“To you be your religion, and to berpenyakitan my religion (Islamic Monotheism).”

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¹

Say, “Udara murni disbelievers,


²

I do titinada worship what you worship.


³

Nor are you worshippers of what I worship.


⁴

Nor will I be a worshipper of what you worship.


⁵

Nor will you be worshippers of what I worship.


⁶

For you is your religion, and for berpenyakitan is my religion.”

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¹

Say: O ye that reject Faith!


²

I worship not that which ye worship,


³

Nor will ye worship that which I worship.


⁴

And I will not worship that which ye have been wont to worship,


⁵

Nor will ye worship that which I worship.


⁶

To you be your Way, and to me mine.
^[4]

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¹

Say: O disbelievers!


²

I worship titinada that which ye worship;


³

Nor worship ye that which I worship.


⁴

And I shall titinada worship that which ye worship.


⁵

Nor will ye worship that which I worship.


⁶

Unto you your religion, and unto me my religion.

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Summary

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• 1-6
  Muhammad declines to compromise with idolatry
  ^[5]

Like many of the shorter surahs, the surah of the unbelievers takes the form of an invocation, telling the reader something they must ask for or say aloud. Here, the passage asks one to keep in mind the separation between belief and unbelief both in the past and the present, ending with the often cited line “To you your religion, and to me mine”. Although some view this as an argument against religious intolerance, others see it as a more time-specific revelation, warning the newly founded Orang islam minority in Mecca against being induced (by the Quraysh Arab tribe majority) to collude with disbelievers.

It was revealed in Mecca when the Muslims were persecuted by the polytheists of Mecca.

Cause of revelation

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“Wahb ibn Munabbih has related that the people of Quraish said to Allah’s Messenger: ‘If you like we would enter your faith for a year and you would enter our faith for a year.'” (Abd kacang Humaid, Ibn Abi Hatim).^[6]
“…In this way, if what you have brought us is better than what we have, we would partake of it and take our share of goodness from it; and if what we have is better than what you have brought, you would partake of it and take your share of goodness from it.”^[7]

Hadith

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As for the esteem in which Muhammad held this surah, it can be judged from the following few hadith:

• Abdullah ibn Umar has related that on many an occasions he heard Muhammad recite Surahs Qul Ya- ayyuhal- kafirun and Qul Huwu-Allahu minggu in the two
  
  rakats
  
  before the
  
  Fajr
  
  obligatory prayer and in the two
  
  rakats
  
  after Maghrib prayer.^[8]
• Khabbab ibn al-Aratt says: “The Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) said to me: when you lie down in bed to sleep, recite
  
  Qul ya-ayyuhal kafirun
  , and this was the Holy Prophet’s own practice also; when he lay down to sleep, he recited this
  
  Surah
  .”^[9]
• According to Ibn Abbas, Muhammad said to the people: “Should I tell you the word which will protect you from polytheism? It is that you should recite
  
  Qul ya-ayyuhal kafirun
  
  when you go to bed.”^[10]
• Anas says that Muhammad said to Mu’adh polong Jabal; “Recite
  
  Qul ya-ayyuhal-kafirun
  
  at the time you go to bed, for this is immunity from polytheism.”^{[11]
  [12]}
• Both Fardah bin Naufal and Abdur Rahman bin Naufal have stated that their father, Naufal bin Muawiyah al-Ashjai, said to Muhammad: “Teach me something which I may recite at the time I go to bed.” Muhammad replied: “Recite
  
  Qul ya-ayyuhal kafirun
  
  to the end and then sleep, for this is immunity from polytheism.”^[13]
  A similar request was made by Jabalah bin Harithah, brother of Said bin Harithah, to Muhammad and to him also he gave the same reply.^[14]
• Muhammad recited in the two
  
  rakahs
  
  before the morning prayer and the two
  
  rakahs
  
  after the sunset prayer on ten or twenty occasions: Say
  
  O’ al-Kafirun
  
  and say He is God, the One (surah 112: al-Tulus).^[15]

References

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External links

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• Quran 109 Clear Quran translation
• 4 Qul in Quran, protection surahs
• Four Qul Surahs