Surah Quraish Transliteration and Translation

Background:

Surah Quraysh takes its name after Prophet Muhammad’s (ﷺ) tribe. Although Surah Quraysh is accepted to be a unique Surah of Qur’an there’s evidence to suggest that Surah Fil and Surah Quraish could’ve been combined to form one complete surah (i.e. no bismillah separating the two). This conclusion comes from traditions that say the copy of the Qur’an belonging to Ubayy ibn Ka’b did not have a dividing distinction between the two surahs. However, in Uthman ibn Affan’s copy, and through corroboration of the companions, these two surahs are viewed as being separate. The similarity of the message between these two Surahs does indicate that their revelation is close to each other.

The main theme or subject of this Surah is a reminder to the Quraysh tribe that success is through Allah, that it was Him who provided victory over the army of elephants, that Prophethood was granted to Muhammad (ﷺ) who was amongst them, and that all the prosperity and protection they had was from Him. It concludes by tying the message that these blessings should not be forgotten and that we should continually worship Allah and thank Allah for all His bounties.

This view is strengthened by the traditions which say that in the Quran copy belonging to Hadrat Ubayy bin Ka’b these two were written as one Surah, i.e. without the insertion of the Bismillah between them.

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🤲 Here you will find Surah Quraysh in Arabic text, but for those not strong in reading Arabic, we’ve included the roman transliteration to help you with the pronunciation.
🤲 For the knowledge seekers, we’ve also incorporated various respected English translations to help interpret the meaning of each verse. We’re also in the process of including more languages to help people understand the verses of the Qur’an in their native tongue. Currently, we’ve expanded to include Hindi, Urdu, and Malay.
🤲 We’ve recently finished developing the media player so that you may listen to the audio of Surah Quraish with the beautiful recitation by Mishary Al-Alfasy.
🤲 You will notice once you press play it will automatically scroll to the correct verse giving a hands-free experience so you can just focus on reading and don’t need to scroll. You can turn off this feature in the settings if you please.
🤲 Lastly, if you want to take it one step further you can go to the individual ayat pages where you’ll find the Quranic commentaries by Ibn Katheer and Abul Ala Maududi which expound on each verse in detail.