Tabari (1 passage)

1. Full Dutch translation of Tabari's text

   The statement concerning the interpretation of His saying, the Exalted: ذَلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لا إِلَهَ إِلا هُوَ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَاعْبُدُوهُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَكِيلٌ ("That is Allah, your Lord; there is no god but He, the Creator of all things. So worship Him, and He is Guardian over all things") (6:102)

   Abū Jaʿfar said: The Exalted, whose mention is exalted, says: The One Who created all things and Who is All-Knowing of all things, that is Allah, your Lord, O you who set up alongside Allah gods and idols, and who make the jinn associates of Him, and your gods which can bring neither benefit nor harm, and effect neither good nor evil. "There is no god but He."

   And this is a repudiation on the part of Allah, whose praise is exalted, against those who claimed that the jinn are associates of Allah. The Exalted, whose praise is exalted, says to them: O you ignorant ones, indeed, divinity and worship belong to none except the One Who created all things and Who is All-Knowing of all things. It is therefore not fitting that your worship, and the worship of all who are in the heavens and on the earth, should belong to anyone other than Him, purely, without an associate that you assign to Him therein. For He is the Creator of all things, their Originator and their Maker, and it is the duty of that which is made to single out its Maker alone with worship. "So worship Him," He says: Submit yourselves to Him with obedience, worship, and service, and bow down humbly before Him thereby.

   "And He is Guardian over all things," He says: And Allah is, over all that He has created, a Watcher and Keeper; He provides all things with sustenance and food, and undertakes their governance, their ordering, and their disposal, by His power.

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   The footnotes:

   (1) See the explanation of "al-ʿibāda" (worship) in what has preceded, in the linguistic indexes under ʿabd.

   (2) See the explanation of "wakīl" (Guardian) in what has preceded, 11:434, note 1; consult it there.

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   القول في تأويل قوله تعالى : ذَلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لا إِلَهَ إِلا هُوَ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَاعْبُدُوهُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَكِيلٌ (102) قال أبو جعفر: يقول تعالى ذكره: الذي خلق كل شيء وهو بكل شيء عليم, هو الله ربكم، أيها العادلون بالله الآلهة والأوثان, والجاعلون له الجن شركاء, وآلهتكم التي لا تملك نفعًا ولا ضرًا، ولا تفعل خيرًا ولا شرًا=" لا إله إلا هو ". وهذا تكذيبٌ من الله جل ثناؤه للذين زعموا أن الجن شركاء الله. يقول جل ثناؤه لهم: أيها الجاهلون، إنه لا شيء له الألوهية والعبادة، إلا الذي خلق كل شيء, وهو بكل شيء عليم, فإنه لا ينبغي أن تكون عبادتكم وعبادةُ جميع من في السماوات والأرض إلا له خالصة بغير شريك تشركونه فيها, فإنه خالق كل شيء وبارئه وصانعه, وحق على المصنوع أن يفرد صانعه بالعبادة=" فاعبدوه "، يقول: فذلُّوا له بالطاعة والعبادة والخدمة, واخضعوا له بذلك . (1) = " وهو على كل شيء وكيل "، يقول: والله على كل ما خلق من شيء رقيبٌ وحفيظ، يقوم بأرزاق جميعه وأقواته وسياسته وتدبيره وتصريفه بقدرته . (2) ---------------------- الهوامش : (1) انظر تفسير (( العبادة )) فيما سلف من فهارس اللغة ( عبد ) . (2) انظر تفسير (( وكيل )) فيما سلف 11 : 434 تعليق : 1 ، راجع هناك .