Exegesis of Al-Kāfirūn (Q. 109)

In the Name of Allah the Most Merciful the Most Gracious... He, may Allah be merciful to him, was asked about the statement of Allah: {Say: "O disbelievers! I do not worship what thou worship, nor do thou worship what I worship. I will not worship what thou worship, nor will thou worship what I worship. To thee be thy religion and to me, my religion!"} (Q. 109:1-6). It is a command from Allah to His Messenger, upon him and progeny be peace, That he should say to the one unsure of Allah‟s Divine Oneness and disbelieves: "O disbelievers, I‟m not a slave to what you worship with Allah, nor are you slaves To the Divine Oneness by which I am enslaved to Allah with! I am not in the state Of slavery to the idols that you worship, nor are you slaves to Allah by Islam. Similarly, from Allah is the matter by which you ascribe partners to Him along. From this world to his calling, Allah‟s Messenger, may Allah bless him and his seed, Never worshipped other than Allah. But they never worshipped Allah by Tawhīd. The truth is with the praise of Allah, the Possessor of longevity and grace. In what Allah‟s Messenger, upon him be peace, was commanded to say, There is no controversy or doubt in that. There is no disagreement by what Allah bestowed Upon him with. Therefore, there was surety in the word and revelation to him showed.

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