Surah Al-Kafirun
Quran 109:4
Read Quran 109:4 from Surah Al-Kafirun (The Disbelievers) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 109:4
وَلَا أَنَا عَابِدٌ مَا عَبَدْتُمْ٤
And I shall not worship that which ye worship.
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 109. Al-Kafirun (The Disbelievers)
- Ayah
- 4 of 6
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 109:4
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 109:4
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic. This commentary explains ayahs 109:3-5 together.
{ وَلَا أَنْتُمْ عَابِدُونَ مَا أَعْبُدُ } لعدم إخلاصكم في عبادته ، فعبادتكم له المقترنة بالشرك لا تسمى عبادة، ثم كرر ذلك ليدل الأول على عدم وجود الفعل، والثاني على أن ذلك قد صار وصفًا لازمًا.