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Al-Kafirun

"For you your religion, and for me mine"

Makkah offered to share its gods. The answer took six lines.

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  • 15 cards, about 4 min

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The commentators report that the leaders of Makkah, tired of the quarrel, offered Muhammad ﷺ a trade: worship our gods for a year, and we will worship yours for a year. Al-Kafirun is the reply. It refuses the trade four times, then leaves each side to its own way.

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