neither from the idolaters nor from the People of the Scripture. The Exalted says:

“Say, O disbelievers, I do not worship what you worship…” to the end of the sūrah (109:1-6).

This declaration proclaims his disavowal of their religion: my religion is mine—​and you are free of it; your religion is yours—​and I am free of it.

Likewise, He says:

“But if they belie you, then say: ‘My deeds are mine and your deeds are yours. You are innocent of what I do, and I am innocent of what you do.’” (Yūnus 10:41)

His words, “My deeds are mine and your deeds are yours,” correspond to “To you your religion and to me mine,” and He joined to it the necessary corollary: “You are innocent of what I do, and I am innocent of what you do.”

For this reason the Prophet—may God bless him and grant him peace—said about this sūrah, “It is a declaration of disavowal from polytheism.” Accordingly, he would recite it frequently together with “Say: He is Allah, One” in the two sunnah rakʿahs of dawn, the two rakʿahs after circumambulation, and on other occasions, because both sūrahs revolve around the affirmation of Divine Oneness (tawḥīd): this one contains the tawḥīd of action and intention, while that one contains the tawḥīd of statement and knowledge. And when, in that sūrah, he says, “Say: He is Allah—One,” He commanded him to—