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الكافرون

109. Al-Kaafiroon

The Disbelievers · Meccan · 6 verses

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm

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

109:1

قُلْ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿١﴾

Qul yā ayyuhā al-kāfirūn

Say: O disbelievers!

109:2

لَآ أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ ﴿٢﴾

Lā aʿbudu mā taʿbudūn

I worship not that which ye worship;

109:3

وَلَآ أَنتُمْ عَـٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعْبُدُ ﴿٣﴾

Walā antum ʿābidūna mā aʿbud

Nor worship ye that which I worship.

109:4

وَلَآ أَنَا۠ عَابِدٌ مَّا عَبَدتُّمْ ﴿٤﴾

Walā anā ʿābidun mā ʿabadttum

And I shall not worship that which ye worship.

109:5

وَلَآ أَنتُمْ عَـٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعْبُدُ ﴿٥﴾

Walā antum ʿābidūna mā aʿbud

Nor will ye worship that which I worship.

109:6

لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِىَ دِينِ ﴿٦﴾

Lakum dīnukum waliya dīn

Unto you your religion, and unto me my religion.

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.