فدخل المدينة...

فدخل المدينة، فسأل أبا عبد الله (عليه السلام) عن ذلك، فقال: «كان سبب نزولها و تكرارها أن قريشا قالت لرسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله): تعبد آلهتنا سنة، و نعبد إلهك سنة، و تعبد آلهتنا سنة، و نعبد إلهك سنة، So He entered Al-Medina, and asked Abu Abdullah -asws about that, and he -asws said: ‘There was a reason for its Revelation and its repetition.

Quraysh had said to the Rasool-Allah -saww , ‘You -saww worship our gods for a year, and we would worship your -saww God for a year, but then you -saww should worship our gods for a year, and we would worship your -saww God for a year. فأجابهم الله بمثل ما قالوا، فقال فيما قالوا: تعبد آلهتنا سنة: قُلْ يا أَيُّهَا الْكافِرُونَ لا أَعْبُدُ ما تَعْبُدُونَ Therefore, Allah -azwj Answered them similarly to what they had said.

So He -azwj Said regarding what they had said, ‘You -saww should worship our gods for a year’ – regarding what they said, ‘You -saww worship our gods for a year, He -azwj Said: Say: ‘O you Kafirs!’ [109:1] I do not worship what you are worshipping . و فيما قالوا: نعبد إلهك سنة: وَ لا أَنْتُمْ عابِدُونَ ما أَعْبُدُ And regarding what they said, ‘We would worship your -saww God for a year’, He -azwj Said: Nor are you worshipping what I worship [109:3] .

و فيما قالوا: تعبد آلهتنا سنة: وَ لا أَنا عابِدٌ ما عَبَدْتُّمْ And regarding what they said, ‘(Then) you -saww should worship our gods for a year’, He -azwj Said: Nor will I be worshipping what you are worship [109:4] .

و فيما قالوا: نعبدك إلهك سنة: وَ لا أَنْتُمْ عابِدُونَ ما أَعْبُدُ لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَ لِيَ دِينِ And regarding what they said, ‘We would worship your -saww God for a year’, He -azwj Said: Nor will you be worshipping what I worship [109:5] For you is your religion and for me is my Religion [109:6] . قال: فرجع أبو جعفر الأحول إلى أبي شاكر فأخبره بذلك، فقال أبو شاكر: هذا حملته الإبل من الحجاز He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Ja’far Al-Ahowl returned to Abu Shakir and informed him of that.

Abu Shakir said, ‘This is what is borne upon the camels from Al-Hijaz’. و كان أبو عبد الله (عليه السلام) إذا فرغ من قراءتها يقول: «ديني الإسلام» ثلاثا And Abu Abdullah -asws used to say, when he -asws was free from reciting (Surah Kafiroun) it: ‘My -asws Religion is Al-Islam’ – three times’.

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