Al-Yinn 72:19 وانه لما قام عبد الله يدعوه كادوا يكونون عليه لبدا ١٩
وَأَنَّهُۥ
لَمَّا
قَامَ
عَبۡدُ
ٱللَّهِ
يَدۡعُوهُ
كَادُواْ
يَكُونُونَ
عَلَيۡهِ
لِبَدٗا
١٩
Yet when the servant of Allah1 stood up calling upon Him ˹alone˺, the pagans almost swarmed over him.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And that when the Servant [i.e., Prophet] of Allāh stood up supplicating Him, they almost became about him a compacted mass."1
— Saheeh International
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Command to worship Allah Alone and shun Shirk
Allah commands His servants to single Him out alone for worship and that none should be supplicated to along with Him, nor should any partners be associated with Him. As Qatadah said concerning Allah's statement,
وَأَنَّ الْمَسَجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلاَ تَدْع
…The Command to worship Allah Alone and shun Shirk
Allah commands His servants to single Him out alone for worship and that none should be supplicated t
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