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Al-Jinn (The Jinn)

Verse 18of 28

وَأَنَّ ٱلْمَسَٰجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدًۭا﴿١٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And [He revealed] that the masjids are for Allah, so do not invoke with Allah anyone.

Word-by-word meaning

وَأَنَّwa-annaAnd that
ٱلْمَسَـٰجِدَl-masājidathe masjids
لِلَّهِlillahi(are) for Allah
فَلَاfalāso (do) not
تَدْعُوا۟tadʿūcall
مَعَmaʿawith
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
أَحَدًۭاaḥadananyone

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command to worship Allah Alone and shun ShirkAllah commands His servants to single Him out alone for worship and that none should be supplicated to along with Him, nor should any partners be associated with Him. As Qatadah said concerning Allah's statement,وَأَنَّ الْمَسَـجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلاَ تَدْعُواْ مَعَ اللَّهِ أَحَداً(And the Masjids are for Allah, so invoke not anyone along with Allah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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