قريش

لِإِيلَٰفِ قُرَيۡشٍ 1

For the accustomed security of the Quraysh[1996] -

Translation 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.

إِۦلَٰفِهِمۡ رِحۡلَةَ ٱلشِّتَآءِ وَٱلصَّيۡفِ 2

Their accustomed security [in] the caravan of winter and summer[1997] -

Translation notes

[1997] i.e., the trading caravans that traveled south in winter and north in summer.

فَلۡيَعۡبُدُواْ رَبَّ هَٰذَا ٱلۡبَيۡتِ 3

Let them worship the Lord of this House,[1998]

Translation notes

[1998] i.e., the Kaʿbah.

ٱلَّذِيٓ أَطۡعَمَهُم مِّن جُوعٖ وَءَامَنَهُم مِّنۡ خَوۡفِۭ 4

Who has fed them, [saving them] from hunger and made them safe, [saving them] from fear.