No Compulsion 1

Extract from QUR’AANIC STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir PART II:

Chapter 109: Al-Kaafiroon (The Suppressors of Truth)

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

1. Qul ya ayyuha alkafiroona

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109:1. Say, “O you who suppress the Truth!”

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2. La aAAbudu ma taAAbudoona

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109:2. “I worship not that which you worship,”

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3. Wala antum AAabidoona ma aAAbudu

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109:3. “And you worship not Him Whom I worship,”

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4. Wala ana AAabidun ma AAabadtum

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109:4. “And I shall worship not that which you worship,”

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5. Wala antum AAabidoona ma aAAbudu

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109:5. “And you worship not Him Whom I worship.”

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6. Lakum deenukum waliya deeni

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109:6. “For you your way of life and for me, mine.”¹

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1. It was indeed a very fair offer to the kaafiroon. The Prophet preached to them the Islamic way of life. If they accepted it, well and good; and if they did not, well, there was no compulsion. It was left for Allah to deal with their disbelief.

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Mohammad Shafi

Friday, the  10^th of May 2019