Quraysh (surah)


Quraysh is the 106th chapter of the Qur'an consisting of 4 ayat or verses. The surah takes its name from the word "Quraysh" in the first verse.

Summary

Text and transliteration



Bismi l-lāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm




¹ Li’īlāfi quraysh




² ’īlāfihim riḥlata sh-shitā’i waṣ-ṣayf




³ Falya‘budū rab-ba hādha l-bayt




⁴ ’al-ladhī ’aṭ‘amahu m-min jū‘i w-wa’āmanahu m-min khawf





Bismi l-lāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm




¹




²




³ Falya‘budū rab-ba hādha l-bayt




’al-ladhī ’aṭ‘amahu m-min jū‘




⁵ Wa

Meanings

, for the taming of the Quraish,


the caravans to set forth safe in winter, and in summer,


So let them worship the Lord of this House.


Who has fed them against hunger, and has made them safe from fear.





For the accustomed security of the Quraysh –


Their accustomed security the caravan of winter and summer –


Let them worship the Lord of this House,


Who has fed them, from hunger and made them safe, from fear.





For the covenants by the Quraish,


Their covenants journeys by winter and summer,-


Let them adore the Lord of this House,


Who provides them with food against hunger, and with security against fear.





For the taming of Qureysh


For their taming the caravans to set forth in winter and summer.


So let them worship the Lord of this House,


Who hath fed them against hunger and hath made them safe from fear.


Asbāb al-nuzūl

Asbāb al-nuzūl, meaning occasions or circumstances of revelation, refers to the historical context in which Quranic ayaat were revealed. Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation, it is an earlier "Meccan surah", which means it is believed to have been revealed in Mecca, rather than later in Medina. Alī ibn Ahmad al-Wāhidī, is the earliest scholar of the branch of the Qur'anic sciences known as Asbāb al-Nuzūl. He records that

Summary

This surah urges the Quraysh tribe who dominated Mecca to serve God, who had protected them, for the sake of their own future. It is one of two suras containing 4 ayat; the other is Al-Ikhlas. It forms a pair with the preceding sura, al-Fil, reminding the Quraysh of the favors that Allah had bestowed upon them.
The Kaaba was central to the life of the Quraysh, being a center of pilgrimage which brought much trade and prestige. Sura al-Fil describes how God saved the Kaaba from destruction, while Sura Quraysh describes God as Lord of the Kaaba. It also urges the Quraysh to worship God so that, among other things, he would protect them on their trading journeys.