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ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ ۗ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ﴿٣

Translation (Sahih International)

Follow, [O mankind], what has been revealed to you from your Lord and do not follow other than Him any allies. Little do you remember.

Word-by-word meaning

ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ittabiʿūFollow
مَآwhat
أُنزِلَunzilahas been revealed
إِلَيْكُمilaykumto you
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَتَّبِعُوا۟tattabiʿūfollow
مِنminfrom
دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibeside Him
أَوْلِيَآءَ ۗawliyāaany allies
قَلِيلًۭاqalīlanLittle
مَّا(is) what
تَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnayou remember

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in Makkahبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. كِتَـبٌ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ((This is the) Book (the Qur'an) sent down unto you (O Muhammad)), from your Lord, فَلاَ يَكُن فِى صَدْرِكَ حَرَجٌ مِّنْهُ(so let not your breast be narrow therefrom,) meaning, having doubt about it according to Mujahid, Qatadah and As-Suddi.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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