وَمَآ
أَرۡسَلۡنَا
مِن
قَبۡلِكَ
مِن
رَّسُولٍ
إِلَّا
نُوحِيٓ
إِلَيۡهِ
أَنَّهُۥ
لَآ
إِلَٰهَ
إِلَّآ
أَنَا۠
فَٱعۡبُدُونِ
٢٥
We never sent a messenger before you ˹O Prophet˺ without revealing to him: “There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Me, so worship Me ˹alone˺.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And We sent not before you any messenger except We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."
— Saheeh International
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
أَمِ اتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِهِ ءَالِهَةً قُلْ
(Or have they taken for worship gods besides Him Say:) -- O Muhammad --
هَاتُواْ بُرْهَنَكُمْ
(Bring your proof.) your evidence for what you are saying.
هَذَا ذِكْرُ مَن مَّعِىَ
(This is the Reminder for those with me) means, the Qur'an.
وَذِكْرُ مَن قَبْلِى
(and
…أَمِ اتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِهِ ءَالِهَةً قُلْ
(Or have they taken for worship gods besides Him Say:) -- O Muhammad --
هَاتُواْ بُرْهَنَكُمْ
(Bring your pro
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