Surah Al Kafirun

Surah Al Kafirun
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيم
This Surah is the Surah of disavowal from the deeds of the idolaters. It commands a complete disavowal of that. Allah's statement,
قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ
(Say: "O disbelievers!") includes every disbeliever on the face of the earth, however, this statement is particularly directed towards the disbelievers of the Quraysh. It has been said that in their ignorance they invited the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to worship their idols for a year and they would (in turn) worship his God for a year. Therefore, Allah revealed this Surah and in it He commanded His Messenger ﷺ to disavow himself from their religion completely. Allah said,
لَا أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ
(I worship not that which you worship.) meaning, statues and rival gods.
وَلَا أَنتُمْ عَابِدُونَ مَا أَعْبُدُ
(Nor will you worship whom I worship.) and He is Allah Alone, Who has no partner. So the word Ma (what) here means Man (who). Then Allah says,
وَلَا أَنَا عَابِدٌ مَّا عَبَدتُّمْ - وَلَا أَنتُمْ عَابِدُونَ مَا أَعْبُدُ
(And I shall not worship that which you are worshiping. Nor will you worship whom I worship.)
meaning, 'I do not worship according to your worship, which means that I do not go along with it or follow it. I only worship Allah in the manner in which He loves and is pleased with.' Thus, Allah says,
وَلَا أَنتُمْ عَابِدُونَ مَا أَعْبُدُ
(Nor will you worship whom I worship.) meaning, 'you do not follow the commands of Allah and His Legislation in His worship. Rather, you have invented something out of the promptings of your own souls.' This is as Allah says,
لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِيَ دِينِ
(To you be your religion, and to me my religion.)
This is similar to Allah's statement