Quraisy

Quraysh

Surah 106 · Meccan · 4 ayahs

قريش

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. لِإِيلَٰفِ قُرَيۡشٍ ١

    Liʾīlāfi quraysh.

    For the accustomed security of the Quraysh1 -

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., the honor and reputation Allāh had given them as guardians of the Holy Kaʿbah, which allowed them to travel without fear of being harmed.
  2. إِۦلَٰفِهِمۡ رِحۡلَةَ ٱلشِّتَآءِ وَٱلصَّيۡفِ ٢

    Īlāfihim riḥlatash-shitāʾi waṣ-ṣayf.

    Their accustomed security [in] the caravan of winter and summer1 -

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., the trading caravans that traveled south in winter and north in summer.
  3. فَلۡيَعۡبُدُواْ رَبَّ هَٰذَا ٱلۡبَيۡتِ ٣

    Falyaʿbudū rabba hādhal-bayt.

    Let them worship the Lord of this House,1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., the Kaʿbah.
  4. ٱلَّذِيٓ أَطۡعَمَهُم مِّن جُوعٖ وَءَامَنَهُم مِّنۡ خَوۡفِۭ ٤

    Al-ladhī aṭʿamahum min jūʿiw wa āmanahum min khawf.

    Who has fed them, [saving them] from hunger and made them safe, [saving them] from fear.