يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱعۡبُدُواْ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُمۡ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَتَّقُونَ ٢١
O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous -
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
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يَٰٓأَيُّهَا O yāayyuhā ٱلنَّاسُ mankind l-nāsu ٱعۡبُدُواْ worship uʿ'budū رَبَّكُمُ your Lord rabbakumu ٱلَّذِي the One Who alladhī خَلَقَكُمۡ created you khalaqakum وَٱلَّذِينَ and those wa-alladhīna مِن from min قَبۡلِكُمۡ before you qablikum لَعَلَّكُمۡ so that you may laʿallakum تَتَّقُونَ become righteous tattaqūna Tafsir O people, worship no one other than your Lord, because He created you and the people before you, so that you may save yourselves from suffering, by following His instructions and keeping away from what He has prohibited.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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