What does kafir mean in Surah Kafiroon? And does that contradict 29:46?
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So this Surah says that Muslims should say: I will not worship what you worship and you will not worship what I worship:
>Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “O you **disbelievers**! 109:1.
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>I do not **worship** what you **worship**,109:2
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>nor do you **worship** what I **worship**.109:3
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>I will never **worship what you **worship**,109:4
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>nor will you ever **worship** what I **worship**.109:5
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> [Quran 109](https://quran.com/109?translations=131)
However 29:46 says:
>And argue not with the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), unless it be in (a way) that is better (with good words and in good manner, inviting them to Islamic Monotheism with His Verses), except with such of them as do wrong, and say (to them): "We believe in that which has been revealed to us and revealed to you; **our Ilah (God) and your Ilah (God) is One (i.e. Allah), and to Him we have submitted (as Muslims)**."
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> [Quran 29:46](https://quran.com/29/46?translations=203)
So in chapter 109 (kafiroon) Allah said that disbelievers do not worship the same God whom Muslims (Prophet Muhammad ﷺ) worship.
While in 29:46 Allah tells us to say that our Ilah (God) and your Ilah (God) is One (i.e. Allah).
How to resolve this apparent contradiction?
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Jan 25, 2021, 06:43 PM
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