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109. Al-Kaafiroon · The Disbelievers

A repeated declaration distinguishes the messenger's worship from the worship of those addressed. Its firm closing acknowledgment of separate religious commitments presents devotion as something that cannot be combined through an exchange or compromise of objects of worship.

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Meccan (traditional classification) · 6 verses

Editorial themes: Divine unity · Religious commitment · Worship · Difference

English: Marmaduke Pickthall (1930), public-domain translation. Arabic: Tanzil Project, Uthmani 1.1, used verbatim under its text licence. Text provenance & limitations →

A note on Arabic, English and verse numbering

Tanzil’s Arabic source includes the opening basmala with the first verse of surahs other than 9. Pickthall’s numbered translation includes it at 1:1; at other surah openings it is not repeated within the numbered English verse. This display preserves both source conventions. The Arabic is not a collection of all variant readings.

109:1 Compare translations ↗

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ قُلْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ

Say: O disbelievers!

109:2 Compare translations ↗

لَآ أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ

I worship not that which ye worship;

109:3 Compare translations ↗

وَلَآ أَنتُمْ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعْبُدُ

Nor worship ye that which I worship.

109:4 Compare translations ↗

وَلَآ أَنَا۠ عَابِدٌ مَّا عَبَدتُّمْ

And I shall not worship that which ye worship.

109:5 Compare translations ↗

وَلَآ أَنتُمْ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعْبُدُ

Nor will ye worship that which I worship.

109:6 Compare translations ↗

لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِىَ دِينِ

Unto you your religion, and unto me my religion.

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