say that the Noble Quran contains something repeated to no purpose, it would contain idle speech, whereas it is far above that. Accordingly, the repetition in Surat al-Rahmān of ﴿Then which of your Lord’s favors will you both deny?﴾ and in Surat al-Mursalāt of ﴿Woe on that Day to the deniers!﴾ serves a tremendous purpose: every verse occurring between repetitions of these refrains contains immense blessings and tremendous favors. Their repetition also serves the rhetorical purpose of alerting the addressee, as he is repeatedly asked, ﴿Then which of your Lord’s favors will you both deny?﴾ and repeatedly warned, ﴿Woe on that Day to the deniers!﴾

Then He, Mighty and Majestic, says, ﴿For you is your religion, and for me is my religion.﴾ ﴿For you is your religion﴾—the religion you follow and profess—and mine is my religion. I disavow your religion, and you disavow mine.

Some scholars said that this surah was revealed before jihad was made obligatory, because after jihad was prescribed, a disbeliever was not permitted to remain upon his religion except upon payment of the jizya if he belonged to the People of the Book—or, according to the preponderant view, even if he belonged to another group.

The correct position, however, is that this surah does not conflict with the command to wage jihad such that we would have to regard it as abrogated. Rather, it remains in force, and we must disavow the religion of the Jews, Christians, and polytheists at all times. Accordingly, we permit Jews and Christians to remain upon their religion in return for the jizya: we worship Allah, while they worship whatever they worship. Thus, this surah contains the disavowal and renunciation of worshipping anything besides Allah, Mighty and Majestic, whether with respect to the object worshipped or the manner of worship. It also teaches sincere devotion to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and that we must worship Allah alone, without any partner. This concludes what we have been able to say about this surah.