He Never Agrees with the Idol Worshippers The verses of this...

He Never Agrees with the Idol Worshippers The verses of this Surah address the holy Prophet (S) and the command is: "Say: O you disbelievers," "I worship not what you worship", "Nor do you worship Whom I worship", Thus, he clearly defines his way which is totally different from their way.

He frankly states that he never worships idols and that they, with their stubbornness and the blind following of their ancestors and their persisting in it, never agree with worshipping Allah, which is free from polytheism, nor do they leave their unlawful great amounts of income gained from other idol worshippers.

Again, in order to disappoint the idol worshippers aim, completely, of him (S) leaving monotheism and accepting idolatry, it says: "Neither shall I worship what you worship", "Nor will you worship Whom I worship". Therefore, he is stating that they not urge him, uselessly, upon accepting idolatry; it is impossible.

"To you be your religion, and to me my religion.” Many of the commentators have clearly said that the objective of using the term /kafirun/, here is for a particular group of chiefs among the idol worshippers of Mecca. Perhaps, their reason for saying this, in addition to the matter mentioned for the occasion of revelation is that, finally, many of the idol worshippers of Mecca believed in Islam.

So, when he says: “Nor do you worship Whom I worship,” "Neither shall I worship what you worship" it is certainly about those chiefs among the idol worshippers who never believed the truth even to the end of their lives; while many pagans had entered Allah's religion in crowds at the time Mecca was captured. Here, there are some questions which should be answered: 1. Why Does the Surah Begin With the Command: ‘Say’? Would it not be better to begin with 'O disbelievers' without having added.

Say, at the beginning? In other words, the Prophet (S) should carry out the command of Allah and tells them only the phrase 'O disbelievers' without repeating 'Say' along with it. Regarding the content of the Surah, the answer to the question is clear, because the pagans had invited the holy Prophet (S) to collude with them regarding idols, so it means he should repel this from himself and say that he would never agree with them in idolatry.

If the word 'Say' were not at the beginning of this Surah, the statement would be the statement of Allah not that of Muhammad, and thus the sentence: "I worship not what you worship", and the like, would be meaningless.