Explanation of Soorah al-Kaafiroon - The Disbelievers
Creator: Imam Ibn Kathir
Date: 2006-05-07
Format: text
Identifier: http://www.islaam.com/Article.aspx?id=24
Language: en
Source: Tafseer ibn Katheer - Juz' `Amma
Subject: quran
Title: Explanation of Soorah al-Kaafiroon - The Disbelievers
Created on: Sun May 07 19:58:14 -0400 2006
Updated on: Mon Sep 25 13:29:26 -0400 2006
Version: 3
Abstract: ... To you your religion and to me mine." It is narrated by Muslim that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam used to recite this Soorah with Soorah al-Ikhlaas in two rak`ahs following tawaaf of the Ka`bah; it is also narrated by Muslim that he used to recite them in the two rak`ahs of fajr prayer; and Imam Ahmad narrates that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam used to recite them in the two rak`ahs before fajr prayer and in the two rak`ahs of maghrib prayer. It has also been narrated that Soorah al-Kaafiroon is equivalent to one quarter of the Qur’aan. The Prophet, sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam, also said: "Read: , then sleep at the end of it because it is freedom from shirk (associating partners with Allah)." This Soorah is freedom from shirk and it is an order to purify our faith (for Allah only) and the Words includes all those who disbelieve in the world although those specifically addressed are the pagans of the Quraish. It was said that they proposed that the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam, worship their gods for a year, then they would worship That Which he worshipped (Allah) for a year, and so on. And so this Soorah was revealed containing an order to the Prophet, sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam to declare his rejection of all that which they worship, and to say: , that is, their idols and the partners they associate with Allah. , that is, Allah, Alone without partners. , that is, I will not follow your mode of worship and I will worship only Allah in the way which pleases Him. means, neither will you follow the Commands of Allah and His prescribed way of worship; indeed you have invented a thing for yourselves, as in his Words: (Soorah an-Najm 53:23). And so he rejected all of their shirk, for the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam, and all those who follow him worship Allah in the way prescr... [Full Article...]
