The Guiding Light — Page 73
S u rah Quraish, Chapter 106 73 ( # ρ ß ‰ ç 6 ÷ è u ‹ ù = s ù ¡ > u ‘ # x ‹ ≈ y δ Ï M ø t 7 ø 9 $ # ∩∪ [106:4] Hence they should worship the Lord of this House ü ” Ï % © ! $ # Ο ß γ y ϑ y è ô Û r & Ï i Β 8 í θ ã _ Ν ß γ o Ψ t Β # u u ρ ô Ï i Β ¤ ∃ ö θ y z ∩∪ [106:5] Who has fed them against hunger, and has given them security against fear. Commentary It was indeed a great Divine favour that as servants of the Ka‘bah the Quraish were granted perfect security from fear, while all around them raged fear and insecurity. Besides, they were provided round the year, with every kind of fruit and food. All this was not due to mere chance. It was in pursuance of a Divine Plan and in fulfilment of a prophecy made by the Patriarch Abraham 2500 years before (14: 36, 38 & 2: 127,130). The verse drives home to the disbelieving Quraish their guilt of ingratitude by telling them that they had taken to the worship of gods made of wood and stone.