Qisas al-Anbiya by Ibn Kathir (قصص الأنبياء لابن كثير) — Page 310

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

اللهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ

God is the One, the Irresistible.

مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِهِ إِلا أَسْمَاءً سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُم مَّا أَنزَلَ اللهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ إِنِ الْحُكْمُ إلا لله أي المتصرف في خلقه الفعال لما يريد ، الذي يهدي من يشاء ويضل من يشاء أَمَرَ أَلا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاه أي وحده لا شريك له و ذَلِكَ الدِّينُ القَيِّمُ أي المستقيم والصراط القويم وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَر النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ أي فهم لا يهتدون إليه مع وضوحه وظهوره

You do not worship besides Him except names which you have named, you and your fathers, for which God has sent down no authority; the command is only for God, meaning the One who disposes of His creation, the Doer of what He wills, who guides whom He wills and leads astray whom He wills; He has commanded that you worship none but Him, meaning Him alone with no partner, and that is the upright religion, meaning the straight and correct path, but most people do not know, meaning they are not guided to it despite its clarity and manifestation.

وكانت دعوته لهما في هذه الحال في غاية الكمال ، لأن نفوسهما معظمة له ، منبعثة على تلقي ما يقول بالقبول ، فناسب أن يدعوهما إلى ما هو الأنفع لهما مما سألا عنه وطلبا منه

His invitation to them in this situation was of the utmost perfection, because their souls held him in high regard and were inclined to receive what he said with acceptance, so it was appropriate for him to invite them to what was more beneficial for them than what they had asked about and requested from him.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (35 verbs · 57 nouns)

• عَبَدَ — to worship
• سَمَّى — to name
• أَنْزَلَ — to send down
• وَاحِد — one
• قَهَّار — subduer
• اسْم — name