وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا نُوحِيٓ إِلَيۡهِ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعۡبُدُونِ ٢٥
And We sent not before you any messenger except We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
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وَمَآ And not wamā أَرۡسَلۡنَا We sent arsalnā مِن before you min قَبۡلِكَ before you qablika مِن any min رَّسُولٍ Messenger rasūlin إِلَّا but illā نُوحِيٓ We reveal(ed) nūḥī إِلَيۡهِ to him ilayhi أَنَّهُۥ that [He] annahu لَآ (There is) no lā إِلَٰهَ god ilāha إِلَّآ except illā أَنَا۠ Me anā فَٱعۡبُدُونِ so worship Me fa-uʿ'budūni Tafsir And I have not sent before you, O Messenger, any messenger except that I revealed to him that there is no true god except Me, so worship Me alone and do not associate any partner with Me.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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