Quraysh

Quraish is also the name of a Sura in the Qur'an.

Quraysh or Quraish^[1] was the dominant tribe of Mecca upon the appearance of the religion of Islam.

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

References

↑ Arabic: قريش (Qurayš). Other transliterations include "Quresh", "Quraysh", "Koreish" and "Coreish". Turkish: Kureyş. Albanian: Korreshi)

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 Archived 2012-04-19 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Arabic: قريش (Qurayš). Other transliterations include "Quresh", "Quraysh", "Koreish" and "Coreish". Turkish: Kureyş. Albanian: Korreshi)

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