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سورة قريشSurah Quraysh · Quraysh

Meccan4 ayahsPage 602Juz 30

Sheikh Mohamed Siddiq al-Minshawi · murattal

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

106:1

لِإِيلَٰفِ قُرَيۡشٍ ١

For the accustomed security of the Quraysh[1],

Tafsir Notes

[1] Allah had given Quraysh the honor of being guardians of the Holy Ka‘bah, which allowed them to travel in peace without fear of being harmed.

106:2

إِۦلَٰفِهِمۡ رِحۡلَةَ ٱلشِّتَآءِ وَٱلصَّيۡفِ ٢

secure in their winter and summer journeys[2].

Tafsir Notes

[2] i.e., their trading caravans would travel south to Yemen in winter and north to the Levant in summer.

106:3

فَلۡيَعۡبُدُواْ رَبَّ هَٰذَا ٱلۡبَيۡتِ ٣

Let them worship the Lord of this [Sacred] House[3],

Tafsir Notes

[3] i.e., the Ka‘bah.

106:4

ٱلَّذِيٓ أَطۡعَمَهُم مِّن جُوعٖ وَءَامَنَهُم مِّنۡ خَوۡفِۭ ٤

Who fed them against hunger and made them secure against fear[4].

Tafsir Notes

[4] The people of Quraysh were blessed with provision and security probably because of the prayer of Abraham. See 14:35-37

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