Chapter: The Virtue of the Sacred Precinct. And His saying, the Exalted: “I was only commanded to worship the Lord of this city, which He has made sacred, and to Him belongs everything, and I was commanded to be among the Muslims.”
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The Reciter: Chapter: The Virtue of the Sacred Precinct, and His saying, the Exalted: [An-Naml 27:91], and His saying, Glorious is His mention: [Al-Qasas 28:57]
The Shaykh : His saying, the Exalted:[Ar-Ra'd 13:36] Yes, [An-Naml 27:91] meaning He made it a secure sanctuary. [An-Naml 27:91] This phrase is among the most beautiful things, for when He said: one might understand that Allah’s dominion is limited to it, so He said: [An-Naml 27:91] and this is called caution in rhetoric. [Yunus 10:72] And His saying, Glorious is His mention: [Al-Qasas 28:57] , : meaning We prepare for them, in a manner of empowerment, a secure sanctuary, which is what lies within the known boundaries of the Haram. meaning fruits of every kind are brought to it. [Al-Qasas 28:57] This is an explanation of the favor of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, upon the Quraysh with this secure sanctuary, such that a man in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, if he found the killer of his father in the Haram, would not kill him out of the respect they held for it.
[Say, O Muhammad], "I have only been commanded to worship the Lord of this city, who made it sacred and to whom [belongs] all things. And I am commanded to be of the Muslims [those who submit to Allah]
إنما أمرت أن أعبد رب هذه البلدة الذي حرمها وله كل شيء وأمرت أن أكون من المسلمينHave we not established for them a safe sanctuary to which are brought the fruits of all things as provision from Us? But most of them do not know.
أولم نمكن لهم حرما آمنا يجبى إليه ثمرات كل شيء رزقا من لدنا ولكن أكثرهم لا يعلمونThe Shaykh : His saying, the Exalted: