Quraisy
Quraysh
Surah 106 · Meccan · 4 ayahs
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
لِإِيلَٰفِ قُرَيۡشٍ ١
Liʾīlāfi quraysh.
For the accustomed security of the Quraysh1 -
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., the honor and reputation Allāh had given them as guardians of the Holy Kaʿbah, which allowed them to travel without fear of being harmed.
إِۦلَٰفِهِمۡ رِحۡلَةَ ٱلشِّتَآءِ وَٱلصَّيۡفِ ٢
Īlāfihim riḥlatash-shitāʾi waṣ-ṣayf.
Their accustomed security [in] the caravan of winter and summer1 -
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., the trading caravans that traveled south in winter and north in summer.
فَلۡيَعۡبُدُواْ رَبَّ هَٰذَا ٱلۡبَيۡتِ ٣
Falyaʿbudū rabba hādhal-bayt.
Let them worship the Lord of this House,1
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., the Kaʿbah.
ٱلَّذِيٓ أَطۡعَمَهُم مِّن جُوعٖ وَءَامَنَهُم مِّنۡ خَوۡفِۭ ٤
Al-ladhī aṭʿamahum min jūʿiw wa āmanahum min khawf.
Who has fed them, [saving them] from hunger and made them safe, [saving them] from fear.