(1–6) “In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. Say, ‘O disbelievers, I do not worship what you worship, nor are you worshippers of the One whom I worship. Nor am I a worshipper of what you have worshipped, nor are you worshippers of the One whom I worship. You have your religion, and I have mine.’”

That is: proclaim openly and explicitly to the disbelievers, “I do not worship what you worship”—meaning: disavow everything they worship besides Allah, both outwardly and inwardly.

“Nor are you worshippers of the One whom I worship,” because you do not worship Him sincerely (1). Your worship of Him, when coupled with associating partners with Him, cannot be called worship. This was then repeated: the first statement indicates the absence of the act, while the second indicates that this has become an inseparable characteristic.

Thus He distinguished the two parties and separated the two groups, saying, “You have your religion, and I have mine,” just as the Exalted says, “Say, ‘Everyone acts according to his own disposition,’” and, “You are free from what I do, and I am free from what you do.”

Commentary on Sūrat al-Nasr

It is Medinan.