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109: (Al-Kafirun)- Those who Deny the Truth

Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim.

In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. All the praises and thanks be to Allâh, the Lord of the 'Alamîn . The Only Owner of the Day of Recompense. You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help. Guide us to the Straight Way. The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace , not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger, nor of those who went astray .

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109: (Al-Kafirun)- Those who Deny the Truth 

(Disbelievers)Number of Verses: 6

Sūra al-Kāfirūn (Arabic: سورة الكافرون) is the 109th sura of the quran. It is a makki sura located in thirty juz. This sura is called al-Kafirun because it speaks about faithless ones. In this sura, god  ordered the prophet (s) to explicitly declare his renouncement of idol-worshipping and to say that he (s) would never turn to their religion and would not be in peace with them.

It is said that this sura was revealed when a group of dicbelievers suggested that they would follow the religion of the Prophet (s) for a while and then the Prophet (s) should follow their religion for a while.

About the merits of recitation of this sura, it is mentioned in hadith that if it is recited before sleeping, it will bring security and if it is recited in obligatory prayers, it leads to forgiveness of the reciter and his parents and children.

This Surah was revealed in Mecca. Both the content and the occasion of revelation of the Surah clearly confirm this idea.

The statements of the Surah show that at the time of its revelation Muslims were in a minority and disbelievers were in the majority, of whom the holy Prophet (S) was under great pressure. They urged him to collude with them, but, he refused all of them and without having any conflict with them, made them completely hopeless.

This is a good example for all Muslims that under no conditions should they collude with the enemies of Islam against the basis of the religion, and if it happens that disbelievers ask them to follow such suggestions they should make them totally hopeless.

The phrase

"I worship not what you worship"

is, in particular, repeated twice, in this Surah, for emphasis. This emphasis is made in order to disappoint the enemies.

Again, the verse:

"Nor do you worship Whom I worship"

is also another emphasis showing their stubbornness which ends with the conclusion:

"To you be your religion, and to me my religion".

There are many narrations on the excellence of reciting this Surah which illustrate the extreme importance of its content.

For example, it is narrated in a tradition from the holy Prophet (S) that he said:

"The person who recites (the Surah)

'Say: O you disbelievers'

it is as if he has recited a quarter of the Qur'an, and the insolent Satans will recoil from him, and he will be free from polytheism, and he will be saved from the Great Terror (on Doomsday)."

Salvation, on the Day of Judgement, will be attained only through monotheism and the negation of polytheism; it is the theme on which this Surah is based.