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Ash-Shuraa (The Consultation)

Verse 13of 53

۞ شَرَعَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلدِّينِ مَا وَصَّىٰ بِهِۦ نُوحًۭا وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا وَصَّيْنَا بِهِۦٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰٓ ۖ أَنْ أَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلدِّينَ وَلَا تَتَفَرَّقُوا۟ فِيهِ ۚ كَبُرَ عَلَى ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ مَا تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَيْهِ ۚ ٱللَّهُ يَجْتَبِىٓ إِلَيْهِ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِىٓ إِلَيْهِ مَن يُنِيبُ﴿١٣

Translation (Sahih International)

He has ordained for you of religion what He enjoined upon Noah and that which We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and what We enjoined upon Abraham and Moses and Jesus - to establish the religion and not be divided therein. Difficult for those who associate others with Allah is that to which you invite them. Allah chooses for Himself whom He wills and guides to Himself whoever turns back [to Him].

Word-by-word meaning

۞ شَرَعَsharaʿaHe has ordained
لَكُمlakumfor you
مِّنَminaof
ٱلدِّينِl-dīnithe religion
مَاwhat
وَصَّىٰwaṣṣāHe enjoined
بِهِۦbihiupon
نُوحًۭاnūḥanNuh
وَٱلَّذِىٓwa-alladhīand that which
أَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāWe have revealed
إِلَيْكَilaykato you
وَمَاwamāand what
وَصَّيْنَاwaṣṣaynāWe enjoined
بِهِۦٓbihiupon
إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaIbrahim
وَمُوسَىٰwamūsāand Musa
وَعِيسَىٰٓ ۖwaʿīsāand Isa
أَنْanTo
أَقِيمُوا۟aqīmūestablish
ٱلدِّينَl-dīnathe religion
وَلَاwalāand not
تَتَفَرَّقُوا۟tatafarraqūbe divided
فِيهِ ۚfīhitherein
كَبُرَkaburaIs difficult
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists
مَاwhat
تَدْعُوهُمْtadʿūhumyou call them
إِلَيْهِ ۚilayhito it
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
يَجْتَبِىٓyajtabīchooses
إِلَيْهِilayhifor Himself
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
وَيَهْدِىٓwayahdīand guides
إِلَيْهِilayhito Himself
مَنmanwhoever
يُنِيبُyunībuturns

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Religion of the Messengers is OneAllah says to this Ummah:شَرَعَ لَكُم مِّنَ الِدِينِ مَا وَصَّى بِهِ نُوحاً وَالَّذِى أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ(He (Allah) has ordained for you the same religion which He ordained for Nuh, and that which We have revealed to you,) Allah mentions the first Messenger who was sent after Adam, that is, Nuh, peace be upon them, and the last of them is Muhammad .

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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