Ar: mushrik, one who commits SHIRK, used primarily to refer to idolaters of Mecca

• al-Baqarah 2:105,135; an-Nisa' 4:48,51,76,116; al-Ma'idah 5:60,82; al-An`am 6:138; at-Taubah 9:1-17,28,36,113; al-Hajj 22:17; al-Fatir 35:14,40; al-Fath 48:6

but is also applied to Jews and Christians, see these articles for a detailed discussion:

• The Quranic View of Christians - Fellow Believers or Unbelieving Polytheists?
• Are Jews and Christians Mushriks according to the Quran?

See also: UNBELIEVERS.

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