لِإِيلَٰفِ قُرَيْشٍ ١
liīlāfi qurayshin
1. For the accustomed security of the Quraysh1996 -
Notes
[1996] i.e., the honor and reputation Allāh had given them as guardians of the Holy Kaʿbah, which allowed them to travel without fear of being harmed.
Surah Quraysh transliteration
سورة قريش
Here is Surah Quraysh in transliteration: each of its 4 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
Letters with a bar (ā, ī, ū) are long, ʿ marks the letter ʿayn, ḥ, ṣ, ḍ, ṭ, ẓ the emphatic letters. Hover over or tap an Arabic word to see its meaning.
Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
إِۦلَٰفِهِمْ رِحْلَةَ ٱلشِّتَآءِ وَٱلصَّيْفِ ٢
īlāfihim riḥ'lata l-shitāi wal-ṣayfi
2. Their accustomed security [in] the caravan of winter and summer1997 -
Notes
[1997] i.e., the trading caravans that traveled south in winter and north in summer.
فَلْيَعْبُدُوا۟ رَبَّ هَٰذَا ٱلْبَيْتِ ٣
falyaʿbudū rabba hādhā l-bayti
3. Let them worship the Lord of this House,1998
Notes
[1998] i.e., the Kaʿbah.
ٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْعَمَهُم مِّن جُوعٍ وَءَامَنَهُم مِّنْ خَوْفٍۭ ٤
alladhī aṭʿamahum min jūʿin waāmanahum min khawfin
4. Who has fed them, [saving them] from hunger and made them safe, [saving them] from fear.
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