ٱدۡعُ
إِلَىٰ
سَبِيلِ
رَبِّكَ
بِٱلۡحِكۡمَةِ
وَٱلۡمَوۡعِظَةِ
ٱلۡحَسَنَةِۖ
وَجَٰدِلۡهُم
بِٱلَّتِي
هِيَ
أَحۡسَنُۚ
إِنَّ
رَبَّكَ
هُوَ
أَعۡلَمُ
بِمَن
ضَلَّ
عَن
سَبِيلِهِۦ
وَهُوَ
أَعۡلَمُ
بِٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَ
١٢٥
[Prophet], call [people] to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good teaching. Argue with them in the most courteous way, for your Lord knows best who has strayed from His way and who is rightly guided.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Command to invite people to Allah with Wisdom and Good Preaching
Allah commands His Messenger Muhammad ﷺ to invite the people to Allah with Hikmah (wisdom). Ibn Jarir said: "That is what was revealed to him from the Book and the Sunnah."
وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ
(and fair preaching) meaning,
…The Command to invite people to Allah with Wisdom and Good Preaching
Allah commands His Messenger Muhammad ﷺ to invite the people to Allah with Hikmah
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