106 - Sūrat al-Quraish

In the name of Allah (who is) Rahmān (and) Rahīm.

[For explanation, see Sūrat al-Fātiha: 1]

1

[In gratitude] for the security of Quraysh,

2

their security (īlāfihim: repeated for emphasis; it is a verbal noun from [the verb] ālafa) 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 Allahu ta’ālā], which was their source of pride; they [Quraysh] were the descendants of al-Nadr b. Kināna;

3

let them worship (fa'l-ya'budū is semantically connected to li-ilāfi, 'for the security', the fā' being extra) the Rabb of this House,

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.