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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Hud 11:26

Word by word

أَن لَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ ۖ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ أَلِيمٍ

That you not worship except Allāh. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a painful day."

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Ma'arif al-Qur'an

Mufti Muhammad Shafi

Commentary

When Sayyidna Nuh علیہ السلام invited his people to believe, they responded with some doubts and objections against the veracity of his mission as a prophet and messenger of Allah. Sayyidna Nuh (علیہ السلام) with the will and permission of Allah, answered their questions. Many primary and subsidiary religious rulings relating to honesty and social living emerge from here as a corollary. This dialogue forms the core of the subject taken up in these verses.

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