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Verse 22of 83

وَمَا لِىَ لَآ أَعْبُدُ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنِى وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ﴿٢٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And why should I not worship He who created me and to whom you will be returned?

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَاwamāAnd what
لِىَliya(is) for me
لَآ(that) not
أَعْبُدُaʿbuduI worship
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
فَطَرَنِىfaṭaranīcreated me
وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Whom
تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou will be returned

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

قَالَ يقَوْمِ اتَّبِعُواْ الْمُرْسَلِينَ(He said: "O my people! Obey the Messengers.") -- he urged his people to follow the Messengers who had come to them.اتَّبِعُواْ مَن لاَّ يَسْـَلُكُمْ أَجْراً(Obey those who ask no wages of you,) means, `for the Message which they convey to you, and they are rightly-guided in what they are calling you to, the worship of Allah Alone with no partner or associate.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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