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:''[[Quraish (sura)|Quraish]] is also the name of a [[Sura]] in the [[Qur'an]].''

'''Quraysh''' or '''Quraish'''<ref>Arabic: '''{{lang|ar|قريش}}''' ({{transl|ar|Qurayš}}). Other transliterations include "Quresh", "Quraysh", "Koreish" and "Coreish". [[Turkish language|Turkish]]: Kureyş. Albanian: Korreshi)</ref> was the dominant [[tribe]] of [[Mecca]] upon the appearance of the [[religion]] of [[Islam]].

It was the tribe to which the [[Islam]]ic [[Prophet]] [[Muhammad]] belonged and which led the opposition to his message.

== References ==
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==Sources==
* Sir William Muir: ''Life of Mohamet'', 1894
* Thomas Patrick Hughes (ed.): ''A Dictionary of Islam'', 1885
* Benjamin Walker. ''Foundations of Islam''
* Karen Armstrong: ''Muhammad''
* M. M. Sharif : ''A History of Muslim Philosophy''
* Edward William Lane (ed.): ''Selections from The [[Quran]]'', 1890
* Naseem Sadiqui: ''Muhammad: The Benefactor of Mankind'', 1994
* A. Guillaume: ''Life of Muhammad'' (Translation of Ibn Ishaq's Sirat), 2004

== Other websites ==
* http://www.princeton.edu/~batke/itl/denise/quraysh.htm

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[[Category:History of Islam]]
[[Category:Mecca]]
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