Quraysh
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Etymology
Transliteration of Arabic قُرَيْش (qurayš).
Noun
Quraysh pl (plural only)
- An ancient Bedouin tribe that controlled Mecca at the time of Muhammad.
- 2014 September 25, Ziauddin Sardar, Mecca: The Sacred City, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
- When the message arrived the Quraysh were already preparing for war with Medina. It did not take them long to set out from Mecca with 1,000 men in arms, augmented by 100 cavalry. All the grandees of Mecca were there, including Abu Jahl.
Proper noun
Quraysh
- The 106th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an, named after the aforementioned tribe.
- 2013, Lynne Meredith Golodner, Flavors of Faith: Holy Breads, Front Edge Publishing, →ISBN:
- In the Quran's chapter 106, often spelled Quraysh in English, God speaks to tribes who are standing defiantly against the Prophet Mohammad: "So let them serve the Lord of this house who feeds them against hunger and gives them security against fear."