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

Al-'Ankabut 29:16

Word by word

وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ ۖ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

And [We sent] Abraham, when he said to his people, "Worship Allāh and fear Him. That is best for you, if you should know.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

واذكر -أيها الرسول- إبراهيم عليه السلام حين دعا قومه: أن أخلصوا العبادة لله وحده، واتقوا سخطه بأداء فرائضه واجتناب معاصيه، ذلكم خير لكم، إن كنتم تعلمون ما هو خير لكم مما هو شر لكم.

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