سُوْرَةُ الشُّعَرَآءِ

Surah Ash-Shu'araa (26) — Ayah 77

The Poets · Meccan · Juz 19 · Page 370

فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِّىٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿77﴾
"Verily they are enemies to me, save the Lord of the ‘Âlamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists),
فَإِنَّهُمْ fa-innahum Indeed, they
عَدُوٌّۭ ʿaduwwun (are) enemies
لِّىٓ to me
إِلَّا illā except
رَبَّ rabba (the) Lord
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ l-ʿālamīna (of) the worlds

Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.

76-1. Because all of you worship others besides Allah. Some have explained its meaning as: those whom you and your forefathers have been worshipping, all those deities are my enemies, meaning I disassociate from them.

77-2. That is, He is not an enemy, rather He is my Guardian and Friend in this world and the Hereafter.