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Al-Anbiya (The Prophets)

Verse 112of 112

قَٰلَ رَبِّ ٱحْكُم بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَرَبُّنَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ﴿١١٢

Translation (Sahih International)

[The Prophet] has said, "My Lord, judge [between us] in truth. And our Lord is the Most Merciful, the one whose help is sought against that which you describe."

Word-by-word meaning

قَـٰلَqālaHe said
رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
ٱحْكُمuḥ'kumjudge
بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗbil-ḥaqiin truth
وَرَبُّنَاwarabbunāAnd our Lord
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānu(is) the Most Gracious
ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُl-mus'taʿānuthe One Whose help is sought
عَلَىٰʿalāagainst
مَاwhat
تَصِفُونَtaṣifūnayou attribute

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The main Objective of Revelation is that Allah be worshippedAllah commands His Messenger to say to the idoators:إِنَّمَآ يُوحَى إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَـهُكُمْ إِلَـهٌ وَحِدٌ فَهَلْ أَنتُمْ مُّسْلِمُونَ("It is revealed to me that your God is only one God. Will you then be Muslims") meaning, will you then follow that and submit to itفَإِن تَوَلَّوْاْ(But if they turn away) means, if they ignore that to which you call them.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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