لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِىَ دِينِ
For you is your religion, and for me is my religion."
لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِىَ دِينِ
For you is your religion, and for me is my religion."
The proposal to alternate worship
Surah-wideAccording to the reports, a group of Quraysh notables — sources name al-Walid ibn al-Mughira, al-'As ibn Wa'il, al-Aswad ibn al-Muttalib and Umayya ibn Khalaf — proposed a compromise to the Prophet: for one year he would worship their gods, and for one year they would worship his God. Thereupon the surah was revealed, beginning "Say: O disbelievers! I do not worship what you worship, nor are you worshippers of what I worship," and ending "To you your religion, and to me mine." The surah declared in decisive terms that no bargaining is possible over the oneness of God.
Vâhidî, Esbâbü'n-Nüzûl; Taberî, Câmiu'l-beyân
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