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

:''[[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]].  

'''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.

It was the tribe to which the [[Islam]]ic [[Prophet]] [[Muhammad]] belonged and which led the opposition to his message. Not very much of this tribe followed [[Islam]].

== References ==

== References ==

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==Sources==

== Sources ==

* Sir William Muir: ''Life of Mohamet'', 1894  

* Sir William Muir: ''Life of Mohamet'', 1894  

* Thomas Patrick Hughes (ed.): ''A Dictionary of Islam'', 1885  

* Thomas Patrick Hughes (ed.): ''A Dictionary of Islam'', 1885  

== Other websites ==

== Other websites ==

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

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

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