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'''Sūra al-Kāfirūn''' (Arabic: {{ia|سورة الكافرون}}) is the 109th [[sura]] of the [[Qur'an]]. It is a [[Makki]] sura located in [[juz']] thirty. This sura is called al-Kafirun because it speaks about faithless ones. In this sura, [[God]] ordered the [[Prophet (s)]] to explicitly declare his renouncement of [[idol-worshiping]] and to say that he (s) would never turn to their [[religion]] and would not be in peace with them. It is said that this sura was [[revelation|revealed]] when a group of [[disbeliever]]s suggested that they would follow the religion of the Prophet (s) for a while and then the Prophet (s) should follow their religion for a while.

About the merits of [[recitation]] of this sura, it is mentioned in [[hadith]] that if it is recited before sleeping, it will bring security and if it is recited in [[obligatory prayers]], it leads to forgiveness of the reciter and his parents and children.

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===Place and order of revelation===

Sura al-Kafirun is a [[Makki]] sura and the eighteenth sura revealed to the [[Prophet (s)]]. In the current order of the Qur'an, it is the 109th sura<ref>Maʿrifat, ''Āmūzish-i ʿulūm-i Qurʾān'', vol. 2, p. 166.</ref> located in [[juz' thirty]].

In his [[commentary of Qur'an|commentary]] on verse six of this sura which says, "To you your religion, and to me my religion.", [['Allama Tabataba'i]] wrote that, here, someone may think that this verse allows people to choose religion freely and says that anyone can choose [[polytheism]] if he wishes, or that someone thinks that the verse orders the Prophet (s) that he (s) should not mind about their religion. However, these interpretations are wrong. On the contrary, the verse is telling the Prophet (s) that he (a) would never turn to their religion and they would never accept the invitation of the Truth.<ref>Ṭabāṭabāyī, ''al-Mīzān'', vol. 20, p. 374.</ref>

About the merits of [[recitation]] of Sura al-Kafirun, it is [[narration|narrated]] that a person told the noble Prophet (s), "Teach me something to say when I am about to sleep." The Prophet (s) advised him that "whenever he wants to sleep, recites Sura al-Kafirun and will be safe from polytheism."<ref>Ṭabrisī, ''Majmaʿ al-bayān'', vol. 10, p. 550.</ref> Also, it is transmitted from [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] that the reward for recitation of this sura equals the reward for recitation of one fourth of the Qur'an. Whoever recites Sura al-Kafirun and [[Sura al-Ikhlas]] in his [[obligatory prayers]], God will forgive his parents and his children.<ref>Ṣadūq, ''Thawāb al-aʿmāl'', p. 127.</ref> It is transmitted from him too, that "in the two rak'as of [[fajr prayer]], recite every sura you like, but I like to recite [[Sura al-Ikhlas]] and Sura al-Kafirun."<ref>Ṭūsī, ''Tahdhīb al-aḥkām'', vol. 2, p. 136.</ref>

Also, some benefits are narrated from Sura al-Kafirun, including that [[Satan]] will go away from its reciter;<ref>Ṭabrisī, ''Majmaʿ al-bayān'', vol. 10, p. 552.</ref> that whoever recites it ten times upon sunrise, his [[Dua'|supplication]] will be {{fulltext}}fulfilled<ref>Kafʿamī, ''al-Miṣbāḥ'', p. 461.</ref>, and that if someone recites it 100 times in the night of [[Friday]], he will meet the Prophet (s) in his dream.<ref>Nūrī, ''Mustadrak al-wasāʾil'', vol. 6, p. 105.</ref>