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

Al-Baqarah 2:131

Word by word

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُۥ رَبُّهُۥٓ أَسْلِمْ ۖ قَالَ أَسْلَمْتُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

When his Lord said to him, "Submit," he said, "I have submitted [in Islām] to the Lord of the worlds."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وسبب هذا الاختيار مسارعته إلى الإسلام دون تردد، حين قال له ربه: أخلص نفسك لله منقادًا له. فاستجاب إبراهيم وقال: أسلمت لرب العالمين إخلاصًا وتوحيدًا ومحبة وإنابة.

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