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

Al-Isra 17:2

Word by word

وَءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ هُدًى لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ أَلَّا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِن دُونِى وَكِيلًا

And We gave Moses the Scripture and made it a guidance for the Children of Israel that you not take other than Me as Disposer of affairs,

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وكما كرَّم الله محمدًا صلى الله عليه وسلم بالإسراء، كَرَّم موسى عليه السلام بإعطائه التوراة، وجعلها بيانًا للحق وإرشادًا لبني إسرائيل، متضمنة نهيهم عن اتخاذ غير الله تعالى وليًا أو معبودًا يفوضون إليه أمورهم.

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