سورة الكافرون
One agreed reading per ayah, every commentary quoted, 74 translations in 55 languages, and the recitation.
the text, the meaning, one translation
en: Ibrahim Walk / ur: Shamshad Ali Khan
the commentary as it stood in 2021 — drag back toward 923 and watch the reading form
The gold block is the tafsīr — what the āyah says, as the commentaries take it, oldest first, all together. Nothing is retyped: every quotation is cut from its edition by machine and checked against the source before this page may be written.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
the sūrah opens with the basmala; in this numbering it is not counted as an āyah
قُلْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ
qul yaaaayuhaa alkaafiruwna
PickthallSay: O disbelievers!
Yusuf AliSay: O ye that reject Faith!
Muhammad Junagarhiآپ کہہ دیجئے کہ اے کافرو![1]
al-Muyassarتسمية السورة • سميت الكافرون؛ لوقوع لفظ (الكافرون) في فاتحتها. من مقاصد السورة • بيان المفارقة والمفاصلة بين عبادة الله وعبادة غيره، وأنهما لا يجتمعان، وأنَّ دين الإسلام لا يخالط شيئًا من دين الشرك، وتأييس المشركين من أن يوافقهم الرسول ﷺ في شيءٍ مما هم عليه من الكفر. [التفسير] قل -أيها الرسول- للذين كفروا بالله ورسوله: يا أيها الكافرون بالله.
No commentary keyed to this āyah in: Jawāmiʿ al-jāmiʿ (al-Ṭabrisī), Tafsir al-Jalalayn, Tanwir al-Miqbas (English), Tazkir ul Quran (Urdu), al-Mīzān (Ṭabāṭabāʾī), al-Tibyān (al-Ṭūsī).
لَآ أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ
laa aa'budu maa ta'buduwna
PickthallI worship not that which ye worship;
Yusuf AliI worship not that which ye worship,
Muhammad Junagarhiنہ میں عبادت کرتا ہوں اس کی جس کی تم عبادت کرتے ہو.
al-Muyassarلا أعبد ما تعبدون من الأصنام والآلهة الزائفة.
No commentary keyed to this āyah in: Ahsan al-Bayan (Urdu), Bayan ul Quran (Urdu), Fi Zilal al-Quran (Urdu), Nūr al-thaqalayn (al-Ḥuwayzī), Tafsir-e-Usmani (Urdu), Tafsīr al-Qummī, Tazkir ul Quran (Urdu), Tazkirul Quran (English), al-Mīzān (Ṭabāṭabāʾī), al-Tibyān (al-Ṭūsī), al-Ṣāfī (Fayḍ al-Kāshānī).
وَلَآ أَنتُمْ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعْبُدُ
walaa aantum 'aabiduwna maa aa'budu
PickthallNor worship ye that which I worship.
Yusuf AliNor will ye worship that which I worship.
Muhammad Junagarhiنہ تم عبادت کرنے والے ہو اس کی جس کی میں عبادت کرتا ہوں.
al-Muyassarولا أنتم عابدون ما أعبد من إله واحد، هو الله ربُّ العالمين المستحق وحده للعبادة.
No Shīʿī edition could be anchored to this āyah by the alignment; the commentary exists in the books, the method could not point at it.
No commentary keyed to this āyah in: Ahsan al-Bayan (Urdu), Fi Zilal al-Quran (Urdu), Jawāmiʿ al-jāmiʿ (al-Ṭabrisī), Nūr al-thaqalayn (al-Ḥuwayzī), Tafsīr al-Qummī, Tazkir ul Quran (Urdu), Tazkirul Quran (English), al-Mīzān (Ṭabāṭabāʾī), al-Tibyān (al-Ṭūsī), al-Ṣāfī (Fayḍ al-Kāshānī).
وَلَآ أَنَا۠ عَابِدٌ مَّا عَبَدتُّمْ
walaa aanaa 'aabidun maa 'abadtum
PickthallAnd I shall not worship that which ye worship.
Yusuf AliAnd I will not worship that which ye have been wont to worship,
Muhammad Junagarhiاور نہ میں عبادت کروں گا جس کی تم عبادت کرتے ہو.
al-Muyassarولا أنا عابد ما عبدتم من الأصنام والآلهة الباطلة.
No Shīʿī edition could be anchored to this āyah by the alignment; the commentary exists in the books, the method could not point at it.
No commentary keyed to this āyah in: Ahsan al-Bayan (Urdu), Fi Zilal al-Quran (Urdu), Jawāmiʿ al-jāmiʿ (al-Ṭabrisī), Nūr al-thaqalayn (al-Ḥuwayzī), Tafhim al-Qur'an - Maududi (English), Tafhim al-Qur'an - Maududi (Urdu), Tafsir-e-Usmani (Urdu), Tafsīr al-Qummī, Tazkir ul Quran (Urdu), Tazkirul Quran (English), al-Mīzān (Ṭabāṭabāʾī), al-Tibyān (al-Ṭūsī), al-Ṣāfī (Fayḍ al-Kāshānī).
وَلَآ أَنتُمْ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعْبُدُ
walaa aantum 'aabiduwna maa aa'budu
PickthallNor will ye worship that which I worship.
Yusuf AliNor will ye worship that which I worship.
Muhammad Junagarhiاور نہ تم اس کی عبادت کرنے والے ہو جس کی میں عبادت کر رہا ہوں.[1]
al-Muyassarولا أنتم عابدون مستقبَلًا ما أعبد. وهذه الآية نزلت في أشخاص بأعيانهم من المشركين، قد علم الله أنهم لا يؤمنون أبدًا.
No commentary keyed to this āyah in: Bayan ul Quran (Urdu), Fi Zilal al-Quran (Urdu), Jawāmiʿ al-jāmiʿ (al-Ṭabrisī), Nūr al-thaqalayn (al-Ḥuwayzī), Tazkir ul Quran (Urdu), Tazkirul Quran (English), al-Mīzān (Ṭabāṭabāʾī), al-Tibyān (al-Ṭūsī), al-Ṣāfī (Fayḍ al-Kāshānī).
لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِىَ دِينِ
lakum diynukum waliaa diyni
PickthallUnto you your religion, and unto me my religion.
Yusuf AliTo you be your Way, and to me mine.
Muhammad Junagarhiتمہارے لئے تمہارا دین ہے اور میرے لئے میرا دین ہے.[1]
al-Muyassarلكم دينكم الذي أصررتم على اتباعه، ولي ديني الذي لا أبغي غيره.
No commentary keyed to this āyah in: Fi Zilal al-Quran (Urdu), Nūr al-thaqalayn (al-Ḥuwayzī), Tazkirul Quran (English).
Al-Kafirun — 6 āyāt, the canonical Kūfan count. One agreed reading per āyah, taken from 34 commentaries (d.923–2021) and 152 quotations, each checked against its own edition before this page could be written. Arabic: Uthmānī from Tanzil. Corpus fingerprint 62fb6cccf664b21e — run python verify_corpus.py against the same sources to confirm it.