Surah 109. Al-Kafirun, Ayah 1
| قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | qul yaa 'ayyuhaa al- kaafiron |
| Pickthall | : | Say: O disbelievers! |
| Asad | : | SAY: "O you who deny the truth!1 |
| Malik | : | Say: O unbelievers! |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Say: O ye that reject Faith! 6289 |
Note - 1in the above rendering, the particle ma ("that which")
alludes, on the one hand, to all positive concepts and
ethical values - e.g., belief in God and the believer's
self-surrender to Him - and, on the other, to false
objects of worship and false values, such - as man's
belief in his own supposed "self-sufficiency" (cf.
{96:6-7}), or his overriding, almost compulsive "greed
for more and more" (surah {102}).
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Note - 6289Faith is a matter of personal conviction, and does not
depend on worldly motives. Worship should depend on pure
and sincere Faith, but often does not: for motives of
worldly gain, ancestral custom, social conventions or
imitative instincts, or a lethargic instinct to shrink
from enquiring into the real significance of solemn acts
and the motives behind them, reduce a great deal of the
world's worship to sin, selfishness, or futility.
Symbolic idols may themselves be merely instruments for
safeguarding the privileges of a selfish priestly class,
or the ambitions, greed, or lust of private individuals.
Hence the insistence of Islam and its Prophet on the pure
worship of the One True God. The Prophet firmly resisted
all appeals to worldly motives, and stood firm to his
Message of eternal Unity.
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in the above rendering, the particle ma ("that which") alludes, on the one hand, to all positive concepts and ethical values - e.g., belief in God and the believer's self-surrender to Him - and, on the other, to false objects of worship and false values, such - as man's belief in his own supposed "self-sufficiency" (cf. {96:6-7}), or his overriding, almost compulsive "greed for more and more" (surah {102}). |
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Faith is a matter of personal conviction, and does not depend on worldly motives. Worship should depend on pure and sincere Faith, but often does not: for motives of worldly gain, ancestral custom, social conventions or imitative instincts, or a lethargic instinct to shrink from enquiring into the real significance of solemn acts and the motives behind them, reduce a great deal of the world's worship to sin, selfishness, or futility. Symbolic idols may themselves be merely instruments for safeguarding the privileges of a selfish priestly class, or the ambitions, greed, or lust of private individuals. Hence the insistence of Islam and its Prophet on the pure worship of the One True God. The Prophet firmly resisted all appeals to worldly motives, and stood firm to his Message of eternal Unity. |
