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

Al-Baqarah 2:138

Word by word

صِبْغَةَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ صِبْغَةً ۖ وَنَحْنُ لَهُۥ عَـٰبِدُونَ

[And say, "Ours is] the religion of Allāh. And who is better than Allāh in [ordaining] religion? And we are worshippers of Him."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

الزموا دين الله الذي فطركم عليه، فليس هناك أحسنُ مِن فطرة الله التي فطر الناس عليها، فالزموها وقولوا نحن خاضعون مطيعون لربنا في اتباعنا ملَّة إبراهيم.

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