قُلِ
ٱدۡعُواْ
ٱللَّهَ
أَوِ
ٱدۡعُواْ
ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنَۖ
أَيّٗا
مَّا
تَدۡعُواْ
فَلَهُ
ٱلۡأَسۡمَآءُ
ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰۚ
وَلَا
تَجۡهَرۡ
بِصَلَاتِكَ
وَلَا
تُخَافِتۡ
بِهَا
وَٱبۡتَغِ
بَيۡنَ
ذَٰلِكَ
سَبِيلٗا
١١٠
Say (unto mankind): Cry unto Allah, or cry unto the Beneficent, unto whichsoever ye cry (it is the same). His are the most beautiful names. And thou (Muhammad), be not loud-voiced in thy worship nor yet silent therein, but follow a way between.
— M. Pickthall
Say, "Call upon Allāh or call upon the Most Merciful [ar-Raḥmān]. Whichever [name] you call - to Him belong the best names." And do not recite [too] loudly in your prayer or [too] quietly but seek between that an [intermediate] way.
— Saheeh International
Say: "Call upon Allah, or call upon Rahman: by whatever name ye call upon Him, (it is well): for to Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. Neither speak thy Prayer aloud, nor speak it in a low tone, but seek a middle course between."
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
To Allah belong the Most Beautiful Names
Allah says:
قُلْ
(Say) O Muhammad, to these idolators who deny that Allah possesses the attribute of mercy and refuse to call Him Ar-Rahman,
ادْعُواْ اللَّهَ أَوِ ادْعُواْ الرَّحْمَـنَ أَيًّا مَّا تَدْعُواْ فَلَهُ الاٌّسْمَآءَ الْحُسْنَى
("Invoke Allah or invoke A
…To Allah belong the Most Beautiful Names
Allah says:
قُلْ
(Say) O Muhammad, to these idolators who deny that Allah possesses the attribute of mercy and r
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