The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

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106. QURAYSH
This Meccan sura connects grammatically with the previous one’s account of
how God defeated the threat to Mecca posed by Abraha, so making it safe for
the tribe of Quraysh to continue their trading journeys.
In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy
1 [He did this] to make the Quraysh feel secure, a 2 secure in their
winter and summer journeys. b 3 So let them worship the Lord of this
House: c 4 who provides them with food to ward off hunger, safety to
ward off fear.
a Or ‘so that their covenants of security [from their neighbours should continue]’ or
‘so that they should remain accustomed to their trade journeys, and not stop them’.
b Their two annual trade caravans––to Yemen in winter and to Syria in summer––on
which the prosperity of the Quraysh depended.
c The Kaba.