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[IX.]
SURA CIX. UNBELIEVERS
Mecca. 6 Verses
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Say: ye UNBELIEVERS !
I worship not that which ye worship,
And ye do not worship that which I worship ;
I shall never worship that which ye worship,
Neither will ye worship that which I worship.
To you be your religion; to me my religion.^
[X.]
SURA CXIL THE UNITY ,
Mecca. 4 Verses
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Say : He is God alone :
God the eternal !
He begetteth not, and He is not begotten;
And there is none like unto Him.
[XL]
SURA CXI. ABU LAHAB
Mecca. 5 Verses
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Let the hands of ABU LAHAB ^ perish, and let himself
perish! :^I/^ .-.-c'-V.. . _.- - ^:-- <> .-.^. ^-^*^:->^'^
His wealth and his gains shall avail him not. ' *"'*?*y' ' ' ' f
^ This Sura is said to have been revealed when Walid urged Muhammad to consent that his God should be worshipped at the same time with the, old Meccan deities, or alternately every year. Hishami, p. 79; Tabarii p. 139. It is a distinct renunciation of Meccan idolatry, as the following Sura is a distinct recognition of the Divine Unity.
' Undoubtedly one of the earliest Suras, and refers to the rejection of Muhammad's claim to the prophetic office by his uncle, Abu Lahab, at the instigation of his wife, Omm Djemil, who is said to have strewn the path of Muhammad on one occasion with thorns. The following six Suras, like the two first, have special reference to the difficulties which the Prophet met with in the outset of his career, especially from the rich.
