Al-Kafirun 109:4
The Disbelievers · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 603
Neither Now Nor Before
وَلَآ أَنَا۠ عَابِدࣱ مَّا عَبَدتُّمۡ ٤
And I shall not worship that which ye worship.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Nor will I worship what you have worshipped.
Insight
Elmalılı notes the change to past tense here: not only now, but even before prophethood the Prophet never worshipped what they worshipped.
Reflect
Recall an uprightness that protected you in the past.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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