Quraysh

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

Quraysh or QuraishArabic: 
 (). Other transliterations include "Quresh", "Quraysh", "Koreish" and "Coreish". Turkish: Kureyş. Albanian: Korreshi) 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 

 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 

Category:History of Islam
Category:Mecca
Category:Religion in Saudi Arabia