Quraysh
قريش4 āyāt · 22 tafsīrs
لِإِيلَافِ قُرَيْشٍ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
1. Because of the habit of the Quraysh and their acquaintance.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
e Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful: [106:1] [In gratitude] for the security of Quraysh, [106:2] their security ( ilafihim : repeated for emphasis; it is a verbal noun from [the verb] alafa) for the journey of winter, to Yemen, and, the journey, of summer, to Syria, every year: they made use of these two journeys to provide for their trade at the Station [of Abraham] in Mecca, in order to attend to the House [of God], which was their source of pride; they [Quraysh] were the descendants of al-Nadr b.…
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Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
2. With travelling in the winter towards Yemen, and in the summer towards the Levant, in security.
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فَلْيَعْبُدُوا رَبَّ هَٰذَا الْبَيْتِ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
3. They should worship Allah alone, who is the Lord of this sacred house. He is the one who has made these journeys easy for them. They should not ascribe any partners to Him.
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الَّذِي أَطْعَمَهُم مِّن جُوعٍ وَآمَنَهُم مِّنْ خَوْفٍ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
4. The one who has fed them from hunger, and given them security from fear by placing reverence of the Ḥaram and its inhabitants in their hearts.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
semantically connected to li-ilafi, ‘for the security’, the fa being extra) the Lord of this House, [106:4] Who has fed them against, that is, on account of, hunger and made them secure from, that is, on account of, fear: they used to suffer hunger in Mecca due to the lack of crops and they feared the army of the Elephant. Meccan or Medinese, or half and half; it consists of 6 or 7 verses. In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful: [107:1] Have you seen him who denies the Judgement?, the Requital and the Reckoning, that is to say, ‘Do you know who he is?’ If you do not know hi…
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