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106. Quraish

Quraysh · Meccan · 4 verses

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

106:1

لِإِيلَـٰفِ قُرَيْشٍ ﴿١﴾

Liʾīlāfi quraysh

For the taming of Qureysh.

106:2

إِۦلَـٰفِهِمْ رِحْلَةَ ٱلشِّتَآءِ وَٱلصَّيْفِ ﴿٢﴾

Īlāfihim riḥlata ash-shitāʾi waṣ-ṣayf

For their taming (We cause) the caravans to set forth in winter and summer.

106:3

فَلْيَعْبُدُوا۟ رَبَّ هَـٰذَا ٱلْبَيْتِ ﴿٣﴾

Falyaʿbudū rabba hādhā al-bayt

So let them worship the Lord of this House,

106:4

ٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْعَمَهُم مِّن جُوعٍ وَءَامَنَهُم مِّنْ خَوْفٍۭ ﴿٤﴾

Alladhī aṭʿamahum min jūʿin waʾāmanahum min khawf

Who hath fed them against hunger and hath made them safe from fear.

Arabic: the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Project, used unchanged under CC BY 3.0. Quran text © Tanzil Project - check tanzil.net/updates for changes.

Transliteration: made by Anoor from the Tanzil text, each word as it is said on its own - in recitation the words run together.

Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain.

Plain English: written by Anoor from Tafsir al-Jalalayn (al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti), one of the most widely read classical commentaries. It is a simple explanation, not a scholarly commentary - for a ruling or a deeper reading, ask a scholar. Something wrong? Tell us.