CHAPTER 109

AL-KAFIROUN

(The Disbelievers)

(6 VERSES)

VERSES 1 – 6

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Brief Introduction of 109:

Sura Al-Kafiroun (6 verses) was revealed in Makkah.^[1] It was revealed when a number of Quraysh objected to the Rasool^-saww and they said, ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Come, let us worship what you^-saww worship, and you^-saww worship what we worship, so we and you^-saww can participate in the matter. Supposing that we are upon is the truth, you^-saww would be taking your^-saww share from it, and if that which you^-saww are upon is the truth, we would have taken our share from it! Allah^-azwj Revealed: Say: ‘O you Kafirs!’ [109:1] I do not worship what you are worshipping [109:2] Nor are you worshipping what I worship [109:3] – up to the end of the Chapter.’’[2]

MERITS

أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ كَانَ أَبِي ( صلوات الله عليه يَقُولُ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ثُلُثُ الْقُرْآنِ وَ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ رُبُعُ الْقُرْآنِ

Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Yaqoub Bin Shuayb,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘My^-asws father^-asws was saying: Say: ‘He, Allah, is One [112:1] (Surah Al Tawheed) is a third of the Quran (in Rewards), and: Say: ‘O you Kafirs!’ [109:1] (Surah Al-Kafiroun) is a quarter of the Quran (in Rewards)’’.[3]

و من (خواص القرآن): روي عن النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) أنه قال: «من قرأ هذه السورة أعطاه الله تعالى من الأجر كأنما قرأ ربع القرآن، و تباعدت عنه مؤذية الشيطان، و نجاه الله تعالى من فزع يوم القيامة

And from Khawaas Al-Quran, who has said:

‘It has been reported from the Prophet^-saww having said: ‘One who recites this Surah (Al-Kafiroun), Allah^-azwj Grants him the Rewards as if he has recited a quarter of the Holy Quran, and Distances him from the harm of the Satan^-la, and will Save him from the horrors on the Day of Judgment.

و من قرأها عند منامه، لم يتعرض إليه شي‏ء في منامه، فعلموها صبيانكم عند النوم

And one who recites it during his sleep time, nothing will present itself in his dreams, therefore, you should teach it to your young ones (to recite it) at bedtime.

و من قرأها عند طلوع الشمس عشر مرات، و دعا بما أراد من الدنيا و الآخرة استجاب الله له ما لم يكن معصية يفعلها

And one who recites it ten times during the emergence of the sun, and supplicates with whatsoever he wants from the world and the Hereafter, Allah^-azwj would Answer him, unless it is for an act of disobedience’.[4]

Salat tul Tawwaf and Salat tul Lail where these are paired.

ثواب الأعمال أَبِي عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنِ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنِ ابْنِ مِهْرَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْبَطَائِنِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ قَرَأَ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ فِي فَرِيضَةٍ مِنَ الْفَرَائِضِ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ وَ لِوَالِدَيْهِ وَ مَا وَلَدَا وَ إِنْ كَانَ شَقِيّاً مُحِيَ مِنْ دِيوَانِ الْأَشْقِيَاءِ وَ أُثْبِتَ فِي دِيوَانِ السُّعَدَاءِ وَ أَحْيَاهُ‏ اللَّهُ سَعِيداً وَ أَمَاتَهُ شَهِيداً وَ بَعَثَهُ شَهِيداً

(The book) ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – My father, from Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Hassan, from Ibn Mihran, from Ibn Al Batainy, from Ibn Abu Al A’ala,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘One who reads Surah Al Kafiroun and Surah Al Tawheed in an obligatory Salat from the obligation, Allah^-azwj will Forgive for him and for his parents, and what they begot, and if he was a wretch, he will be deleted from the register of the wretched ones and affirmed in the register of the fortunate ones, and Allah^-azwj will Cause him to live as happy, and Cause him to dies as a martyr, and Resurrect him as a martyr’’.^[5]

Immunity from Shirk (Association)

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَنْ قَرَأَ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَهُ بَرَاءَةً مِنَ الشِّرْكِ

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ismail Bin Mihran, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Abdullah Bin Sinan,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘The one who recites when he retires to his bed: Say: ‘O you Kafirs!’ [109:1] (Surah Al-Kafiroun), and: Say: ‘He, Allah, is One [112:1] (Surah Al Tawheed), Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic would Write for him an immunity from the Shirk (association with Allah^-azwj)’.[6]

Follow-up phrases

الطبرسي: عن شعيب الحداد، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، قال: «كان أبي يقول: (قل يأيها الكافرون) ربع القرآن، و كان إذا فرغ منها قال: أعبد الله وحده، أعبد الله وحده

Al-Tabarsee, from Shuayb Al-Haddaad, who has said:

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws has said that my^-asws father^-asws used to say: Say: ‘O you Kafirs!’ [109:1] (Surah Al-Kafiroun) is a quarter of the Quran’, and when he used to be free from (reciting) it, he^-asws would say: ‘I^-asws worship Allah^-azwj Alone, I^-asws worship Allah^-azwj Alone’.[7]

و عن هشام بن سالم، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، قال: «إذا قلت: لا أَعْبُدُ ما تَعْبُدُونَ فقل: و لكني أعبد الله مخلصا له ديني، فإذا فرغت منها، فقل: ديني الإسلام ثلاث مرات

And from Hisham Bin Saalim, who has said:

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws has said, ‘When you say: I do not worship what you are worshipping [109:2], then say, ‘But I worship Allah^-azwj with sincerity in my Religion’. When you are free from (reciting) it, say, ‘My Religion is Al-Islam’ – three times’.[8]

Remedy for forgetfulness in Salat (pairing of Al-Tawhhed and Al-Kafiroun)

في من لا يحضره الفقيه وروى عن عمرو بن يزيد انه قال: شكوت إلى أبى عبد الله عليه السلام السهو في المغرب فقال: صلها بقل هو الله احد وقل يا ايها الكافرون ففعلت فذهب عنى

In Man La Yahzur Al-Faqih – And it has been reported from Amro Bin Yazeed who said:

‘I complained to Abu Abdullah^-asws of the forgetfulness in Al-Maghrib (Salat). So he^-asws said: ‘Pray it with: Say: ‘He, Allah, is One [112:1] (Surah Al Tawheed), and: Say: ‘O you Kafirs!’ [109:1] (Surah Al-Kafiroun)’. So I did, (and) it (forgetfulness) went away from me’.[9]

Recommendation for the recitation in the Salat of Tawaaf

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ دَرَّاجٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا قَالَ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا ( عليهما السلام ) يُصَلِّي الرَّجُلُ رَكْعَتَيِ الطَّوَافِ طَوَافِ الْفَرِيضَةِ وَ النَّافِلَةِ بِقُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Jameel Bin Darraj, from one of our companions who said,

‘One of the two (5^th or 6^th Imam^-asws) said: ’The man should pray the two Cycles of the Tawaaf Salat, the Obligatory Tawaaf and the optional one, with: Say: ‘He, Allah, is One [112:1] (Surah Al-Tawheed), and: Say: ‘O you Kafirs!’ [109:1] (Surah Al-Kafiroun)’’.[10]

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى وَ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِذَا فَرَغْتَ مِنْ طَوَافِكَ فَائْتِ مَقَامَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ( عليه السلام ) فَصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ اجْعَلْهُ أَمَاماً وَ اقْرَأْ فِي الْأُولَى مِنْهُمَا سُورَةَ التَّوْحِيدِ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ ثُمَّ تَشَهَّدْ وَ احْمَدِ اللَّهَ وَ أَثْنِ عَلَيْهِ وَ صَلِّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ اسْأَلْهُ أَنْ يَتَقَبَّلَ مِنْكَ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, and Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Al Fazl Bin Shazaan, from Safwan Bin Yahya and Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Muawiya Bin Ammar who said,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘Whenever you are free from your Tawaaf, so go to the Standing Place of Ibrahim^-as, and pray two Cycles Salat, and Make it to be in front of you, and recite during the first of these, Surah Al-Tawheed: Say: ‘He, Allah, is One [112:1], and during the second (Cycle): Say: ‘O you Kafirs!’ [109:1] (Surah Al-Kafiroun). Then testify and Praise Allah^-azwj and Extoll upon Him^-azwj, and Send Salawat upon the Prophet^-saww, and ask Him^-asws that He^-azwj should Accept from you.

وَ هَاتَانِ الرَّكْعَتَانِ هُمَا الْفَرِيضَةُ لَيْسَ يُكْرَهُ لَكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَهُمَا فِي أَيِّ السَّاعَاتِ شِئْتَ عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَ عِنْدَ غُرُوبِهَا وَ لَا تُؤَخِّرْهُمَا سَاعَةَ تَطُوفُ وَ تَفْرُغُ فَصَلِّهِمَا

And, these two Cycles (of Salat) are the Obligatory ones, and it is not disliked for you if you were to pray these two during whichever times you so desire during the decline of the sun, and during its setting; and do not delay these two for a while after you have performed Tawaaf, and you are free, so pray these two’.[11]

For getting supplications Answered

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَدِيدٍ عَنْ مُرَازِمٍ قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمْ شَيْئاً فَلْيُصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ لْيَحْمَدِ اللَّهَ وَ لْيُثْنِ عَلَيْهِ وَ لْيُصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ خَيْراً لِي فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ فَيَسِّرْهُ لِي وَ اقْدِرْهُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Hadeed, from Murazam who said,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws said to me: ‘Whenever one of you intends something, so let him pray two Rak’at of Salāt, then let him Praise Allah^-azwj and let him Laud upon Him^-azwj, and let him send Blessings upon Muhammad^-saww and the People^-asws of his^-saww Household, and he should be saying, ‘O Allah^-azwj! If this matter was good for me in my Religion, and my world, so Make it easier for me; and if it was other than that, so Exchange it from me’.

فَسَأَلْتُهُ أَيَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ أَقْرَأُ فِيهِمَا فَقَالَ اقْرَأْ فِيهِمَا مَا شِئْتَ وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ قَرَأْتَ فِيهِمَا قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ

So I asked him^-asws, ‘Which thing should I recite in these two?’ So he^-asws said: ‘Recite in these two whatever you so desire to, and if you so desire to, recite in these two Say: ‘He, Allah, is One [112:1] (Surah Al Tawheed), and: Say: ‘O you Kafirs!’ [109:1] (Surah Al-Kafiroun)’.[12]

Recitation when supplication is Answered

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ السَّرَّاجِ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ خَارِجَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قَالَ فِي صَلَاةِ الشُّكْرِ إِذَا أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ بِنِعْمَةٍ فَصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ تَقْرَأُ فِي الْأُولَى بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ تَقْرَأُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَ تَقُولُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى فِي رُكُوعِكَ وَ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Abu Ismail Al-Sarraj, from Haroun Bin Kharijat,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said regarding the Salāt of gratefulness: ‘Whenever Allah^-azwj Favours upon you with a Bounty, then pray two Cycles of Salāt, reciting in the first with the Opening of the Book (Surah Al Hamd) and: Say: ‘He, Allah, is One [112:1] (Surah Al Tawheed); and recite in the second with the Opening of the Book (Chapter 1) and: Say: ‘O you Kafirs!’ [109:1] (Surah Al-Kafiroun); and you should be saying in the first Cycle during your Rukū and your Sajdah,

سُجُودِكَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ شُكْراً شُكْراً وَ حَمْداً وَ تَقُولُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ فِي رُكُوعِكَ وَ سُجُودِكَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي اسْتَجَابَ دُعَائِي وَ أَعْطَانِي مَسْأَلَتِي

‘The Praise for Allah^-azwj. Thanks! Thanks and Praise!’ And you should be saying in the second Cycle during your Rukū and your Sajdah, ‘The Praise is for Allah^-azwj Who Answered my supplication and Gave me what I asked for’’.[13]

Provisions for a journey

وعن جبير بن مطعم قال: قال لى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: أتحب يا جبير إذا خرجت من سفر أن تكون من أمثل أصحابك هيئة واكثرهم زادا ؟ قلت: نعم بأبى أنت وامى يا رسول الله

And from Jubeyr Bin Mat’am who said, ‘Rasool Allah^-saww said to me: ‘O Jubeyr! Would you like to go out on a journey and to be the best among your companions, and be with the most provision?’ I said, ‘Yes, may my father and my mother be sacrificed for you^-saww, O Rasool Allah^-saww!’

قال: فاقرأ هذه السور الخمس: ” قل يا ايها الكافرون، وإذا جاء نصر الله والفتح. وقل هو الله أحد، وقل أعوذ برب الفلق وقل أعوذ برب الناس ” وافتتح قراءتك ببسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

He^-saww said: ‘So read these five Chapters: Say: ‘O you Kafirs!’ [109:1] (Surah Al-Kafiroun), and: When Help of Allah comes and the victory [110:1] (Surah Al Nasr), and: Say: ‘He, Allah, is One [112:1] (Surah Al Tawheed), and: Say: ‘I seek Refuge with Lord of Al-Falaq [113:1] (Surah Al Falaq), and: Say: ‘I seek Refuge with Lord of the people [114:1] (Surah Al Naas), and begin your recitation with ‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj, the Beneficent, the Merciful’’.

قال جبير: وكنت غير كثير المال، وكنت اخرج مع من شاء الله ان اخرج فأكون اكثرهم همة واقلهم زادا حتى ارجع من سفري ذلك

Jubeyr said, ‘I was a man with not much wealth, and I had gone out with the ones who Allah^-azwj so Desire me to go out with (on a journey). But, I became of more endeavor than them even though I had fewer provisions, until I returned from that journey of mine’.[14]

VERSES 1 – 6

قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ {1}

Say: ‘O you Kafirs!’ [109:1]

لَا أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ {2}

I do not worship what you are worshipping [109:2]

وَلَا أَنْتُمْ عَابِدُونَ مَا أَعْبُدُ {3}

Nor are you worshipping what I worship [109:3]

وَلَا أَنَا عَابِدٌ مَا عَبَدْتُمْ {4}

Nor will I be worshipping what you are worshiping [109:4]

وَلَا أَنْتُمْ عَابِدُونَ مَا أَعْبُدُ {5}

Nor will you be worshipping what I worship [109:5]

لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِيَ دِينِ {6}

For you is your religion and for me is my Religion [109:6]

علي بن إبراهيم، قال: حدثني أبي، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، قال: سأل أبو شاكر أبا جعفر الأحول، عن قول الله عز و جل: قُلْ يا أَيُّهَا الْكافِرُونَ لا أَعْبُدُ ما تَعْبُدُونَ وَ لا أَنْتُمْ عابِدُونَ ما أَعْبُدُ وَ لا أَنا عابِدٌ ما عَبَدْتُّمْ وَ لا أَنْتُمْ عابِدُونَ ما أَعْبُدُ فهل يتكلم الحكيم بمثل هذا القول و يكرره مرة بعد مرة؟ فلم يكن عند أبي جعفر الأحول في ذلك جواب،

Ali Bin Ibrahim (Tafseer Qummi), from his father, from Muhammad Bin Abu Umeyr who said,

‘Abu Shakir asked Abu Ja’far Al-Ahowl about the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: Say: ‘O you Kafirs!’ [109:1] I do not worship what you are worshipping [109:2] Nor are you worshipping what I worship [109:3] Nor will I be worshipping what you are worship [109:4] Nor will you be worshipping what I worship [109:5], does the Wise Speak in such a manner and repeats it again and again?’ But there was no answer with Abu Ja’far Al-Ahowl with regards to that.

فدخل المدينة، فسأل أبا عبد الله (عليه السلام) عن ذلك، فقال: «كان سبب نزولها و تكرارها أن قريشا قالت لرسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله): تعبد آلهتنا سنة، و نعبد إلهك سنة، و تعبد آلهتنا سنة، و نعبد إلهك سنة،

So He entered Al-Medina, and asked Abu Abdullah^-asws about that, and he^-asws said: ‘There was a reason for its Revelation and its repetition. Quraysh had said to the Rasool-Allah^-saww, ‘You^-saww worship our gods for a year, and we would worship your^-saww God for a year, but then you^-saww should worship our gods for a year, and we would worship your^-saww God for a year.

فأجابهم الله بمثل ما قالوا، فقال فيما قالوا: تعبد آلهتنا سنة: قُلْ يا أَيُّهَا الْكافِرُونَ لا أَعْبُدُ ما تَعْبُدُونَ

Therefore, Allah^-azwj Answered them similarly to what they had said. So He^-azwj Said regarding what they had said, ‘You^-saww should worship our gods for a year’ – regarding what they said, ‘You^-saww worship our gods for a year, He^-azwj Said: Say: ‘O you Kafirs!’ [109:1] I do not worship what you are worshipping.

و فيما قالوا: نعبد إلهك سنة: وَ لا أَنْتُمْ عابِدُونَ ما أَعْبُدُ

And regarding what they said, ‘We would worship your^-saww God for a year’, He^-azwj Said: Nor are you worshipping what I worship [109:3].

و فيما قالوا: تعبد آلهتنا سنة: وَ لا أَنا عابِدٌ ما عَبَدْتُّمْ

And regarding what they said, ‘(Then) you^-saww should worship our gods for a year’, He^-azwj Said: Nor will I be worshipping what you are worship [109:4].

و فيما قالوا: نعبدك إلهك سنة: وَ لا أَنْتُمْ عابِدُونَ ما أَعْبُدُ لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَ لِيَ دِينِ

And regarding what they said, ‘We would worship your^-saww God for a year’, He^-azwj Said: Nor will you be worshipping what I worship [109:5] For you is your religion and for me is my Religion [109:6].

قال: فرجع أبو جعفر الأحول إلى أبي شاكر فأخبره بذلك، فقال أبو شاكر: هذا حملته الإبل من الحجاز

He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Ja’far Al-Ahowl returned to Abu Shakir and informed him of that. Abu Shakir said, ‘This is what is borne upon the camels from Al-Hijaz’.

و كان أبو عبد الله (عليه السلام) إذا فرغ من قراءتها يقول: «ديني الإسلام» ثلاثا

And Abu Abdullah^-asws used to say, when he^-asws was free from reciting (Surah Kafiroun) it: ‘My^-asws Religion is Al-Islam’ – three times’. [15]

فِي أَمَالِي شَيْخِ الطَّائِفَةِ قُدِّسَ سِرُّهُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَى سَعِيدِ بْنِ مِينَا عَنْ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ أَنَّ نَفَراً مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ اعْتَرَضَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: عُتْبَةُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ وَ أُمَيَّةُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ وَ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ وَ الْعَاصُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ فَقَالُوا: يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَلُمَّ فَلْنَعْبُدْ مَا تَعْبُدُ فَتَعْبُدُ مَا نَعْبُدُ فَنَشْرَكُ نَحْنُ وَ أَنْتَ فِي الْأَمْرِ،

In (the book) Amaali of Sheykh Al Ta’ifa, by his chain up to Saeed Bin Mayna, from someone else from his companions,

‘A number of Quraysh objected to Rasool-Allah^-saww. (They were) – Utba Bin Rabi’a, and Umayya Bin Khalaf, and Al-Waleed Bin Al-Mugheira, and Al-Aas Bin Al-Saeed, and they said, ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Come, we shall worship what you^-saww worship, and you^-saww should worship what we worship. Then we would be participants, us and you^-saww, in the matter.

فَإِنْ يَكُنِ الَّذِي نَحْنُ عَلَيْهِ الْحَقَّ فَقَدْ أَخَذْتَ بِحَظِّكَ مِنْهُ، وَ إِنْ يَكُنِ الَّذِي أَنْتَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَقَّ فَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا بِحَظِّنَا مِنْهُ

Then if it so happens that what we are upon is the truth, then you^-saww would have taken your^-saww share from it, and if it so happens that what you^-saww are upon is the truth, then we would have taken our share from it’.

فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى‏ قُلْ يا أَيُّهَا الْكافِرُونَ لا أَعْبُدُ ما تَعْبُدُونَ وَ لا أَنْتُمْ عابِدُونَ ما أَعْبُدُ إِلَى آخِرِ السُّورَة

Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Revealed: Say: ‘O you Kafirs!’ [109:1] I do not worship what you are worshipping [109:2] Nor are you worshipping what I worship [109:3] – up to the end of the Chapter’’.[16]

فِي قُرْبِ الْإِسْنَادِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ فِي‏ «قُلْ يا أَيُّهَا الْكافِرُونَ* لا أَعْبُدُ ما تَعْبُدُونَ» أَعْبُدُ رَبِّي وَ لِي دِينِي، دِينِيَ الْإِسْلَامُ عَلَيْهِ أَحْيَى وَ عَلَيْهِ أَمُوتُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ

In (the book) Qurb Al Asnad –

‘By his chain going up to Abu Abdullah^-asws regarding: Say: ‘O you Kafirs!’ [109:1] I do not worship what you are worshipping [109:2] (said): ‘I^-asws worship my^-asws Lord^-azwj, and for me^-asws is my^-asws Religion. My^-asws Religion is Al-Islam. Upon it I^-asws live, and upon it I^-asws shall be passing away, if Allah^-azwj so Desires’’.[17]

[1] تفسير القمي، ج‏2، ص: 445

[2] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 89 – The Book of Quran – Ch 121 H 3

[3] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Merits of the Quran CH 13 H 7

[4] Tafseer Al-Burhan – H 11960

[5] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 89 – The Book of Quran – Ch 121 H 5

[6] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Merits of the Quran CH 13 H 23

[7] (مجمع البيان 10: 839)

[8] (مجمع البيان 10: 839)

[9] Tafseer Noor Al-Saqalayn – CH 110 H 17

[10] Al Kafi – V 4 – The Book of Hajj Ch 137 H 6

[11] Al Kafi – V 4 – The Book of Hajj Ch 137 H 1

[12] Al Kafi V 3 – The Book Of Salāt CH 93 H 6

[13] Al Kafi V 3 – The Book Of Salāt CH 98 H 1

[14] Tafseer Noor Al-Saqalayn – CH 110 H 4

[15] (تفسير القمّي 2: 445.)

[16] تفسير نور الثقلين، ج‏5، ص: 688 – H 19

[17] تفسير نور الثقلين، ج‏5، ص: 688 – H 20