109 - Sūrat al-Kāfirūn

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

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

1

Say: 'O disbelievers!

2

I do not worship, at present, what you worship, of idols,

3

And you do not worship, at present, what I worship, and that is Allahu ta’ālā, exalted be He, alone,

4

Nor will I worship, in the future, what you have worshipped,

5

Nor will you worship, in the future, what I worship: Allahu ta’ālā knew that they would never become believers (the use of [the inanimate] mā, 'what', to refer to Allahu ta’ālā is meant to counter [the reference to 'what thing' they worship]).

6

You have your religion, idolatry, and I have a religion', Islam: this was [revealed] before he was commanded to wage war [against the idolaters] (all seven Qur'ānic readers omit the yā' of the genitive possessive construction [in wa-liya dīni] whether with a pause or without; Ya'qūb, however, retains it in both cases).