سُوْرَةُ الْجِنِّ

Surah Al-Jinn (72) — Ayah 20

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قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَدْعُوا۟ رَبِّى وَلَآ أُشْرِكُ بِهِۦٓ أَحَدًا ﴿20﴾
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "I invoke only my Lord (Allâh Alone), and I associate none as partners along with Him."
قُلْ qul Say
إِنَّمَآ innamā Only
أَدْعُوا۟ adʿū I call upon
رَبِّى rabbī my Lord
وَلَآ walā and not
أُشْرِكُ ush'riku I associate
بِهِۦٓ bihi with Him
أَحَدًۭا aḥadan anyone

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(Ayah 20) {قُلْ اِنَّمَاۤ اَدْعُوْا رَبِّيْ … :} That is, no matter how much you dislike it and no matter how many of you gather to stop me, I will only call upon my Lord, I will not associate anyone with Him. For the verses regarding the prohibition of calling upon other than Allah, see the commentary of the previous verse (18).

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20. 1. That is, when all have turned to enmity against you, then say that I only worship my Lord, seek refuge only with Him, and place my trust only in Him.

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20. Say: I only call upon my Lord, and I do not associate anyone with Him [18].

[18] That is, say to these crowds of disbelievers that I am not saying anything objectionable; I am only saying that in times of difficulty or at the time of any need, I call only upon my Lord and I call upon Him alone. This is because I consider only Him to be the owner of my benefit and harm. So what is there to argue or quarrel about in this?