📘 Say, �O disbelievers!He said:The mentioning of the [command] Say, is merely in response to the request put [to the Prophet ] by the disbelievers, �Worship our god for a month and we will worship your God for a year.� At their saying this, God, Exalted is He, sent down this sūra. He said, Say, �O disbelievers! They returned with, �What is the matter with you, O Muḥammad?� He replied [with God�s words]:

📘 I do not worship what you worship,now.and you do not worship what I worship,now.

📘 nor will I worship what you worship,in the future.

📘 nor will you worship what I worship,in the future.

📘 (You have your religion and I have a religion). You have your choice (ikhtiyār) for your religion and I have my choice for a religion. Then [this verse] was abrogated by the verse of the sword [9:5]. His words, Exalted is He: