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Surah Quraysh, the 106th chapter of the Quran, holds special significance for the Quraysh tribe. This brief yet profound chapter addresses the Quraysh tribe of Mecca. The surah highlights the blessings and security bestowed upon the Quraysh due to their connection with the sacred sanctuary and urges them to worship the Lord of the Kaaba, who granted them safety and prosperity.
The Quraysh or Qureshi (Arabic: قُرَيْشٍ) is an Arab tribe that inhabited and used to control Mecca and the Kaaba. Comprising ten main clans, it includes the Hashim clan into which the Islamic prophet Muhammad was born.
Mecca has been referred to by many names. As with many Arabic words, its etymology is obscure. [24] Widely believed to be a synonym for Makkah, it is said to be more specifically the early name for the valley located therein, while Muslim scholars generally use it to refer to the sacred area of the city that immediately surrounds and includes the Ka'bah.
During the first half of Muhammad's time as a prophet while he was at Mecca, he and his followers were severely persecuted which eventually led to their migration to Medina in 622 CE. In 624 CE, Muslims believe the direction of the qibla was changed from the Masjid al-Aqsa to the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, with the revelation of Surah 2, verse 144.
The ancestor of the Quraysh, Fihr ibn Malik ibn Nadr, emerged as the leader of the Kinana at unknown date in their victory against a branch of the Himyarites of South Arabia. His descendant, Qusayy ibn Kilab, was backed by the Kinana in his capture of the sanctuary town of Mecca, home to the Kaaba. Qusayy's position among the tribesmen was ...
The Abyssinian attack against Mecca in the year 570 CE, the Year of the Elephant. [6] 106: Quraish: قُرَيْش Q̈urayš: The Quraysh: 4 (1/3) Makkah: 29: 4: v. 1 [6] The Quraysh, custodians of the Kaaba, should be thankful to God for protecting them from hunger and danger. [10] 107: Al-Maa'oon: ٱلْمَاعُون al-Maʿūn
Orphaned early on, he would rise to become chief of Mecca, and leader of the Quraysh tribe. [2] He is best known for being an ancestor of the Islamic prophet Muhammad as well as the third and the fourth Rashidun caliphs , Uthman and Ali , and the later Umayyad , Abbasid , and Fatimid caliphs along with several of the most prominent Hashemite ...
The Islamic prophet Muhammad belonged to the Quraysh tribe of the 'Adnanites'. [ 2 ] According to the Arab tradition, The Adnanites are the Northern Arabs , unlike the Qahtanite Arabs of southern Arabia , who are descended from Qahtan , son of the Islamic prophet Hūdʿ .