Commentary on Tafsir al-Jalalayn: “Indeed, your God” O people of Makkah “is One.”
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(3) And those who recite the message, (4) Indeed, your God is One,
فالتاليات ذكرا إن إلهم لواحدThe address, the author says, is “O people of Makkah,” but the correct view is that it is general and includes every created being. However, the author made it specific to the people of Makkah because this verse is Meccan, and the polytheists were the people of Makkah. But it is not permissible to restrict the general meaning to the place of its revelation. If the consideration is the generality of the wording and not the specificity of the cause, then the consideration is the generality of the wording and not the specificity of the place. The correct view is that “your God” means “O people, [your God] is One.” “One” means He has no partner. “Al-Wahid” (The One) and “Al-Ahad” (The Unique) and the like indicate exclusivity, meaning that He (Mighty and Majestic) has no partner.
Now, “Ilahukum” (your God) is a form of active participle used in the sense of a passive participle, meaning “your worshipped one.” The worshipped one is the one who is worshipped with love and reverence. By loving Him, a person performs the commands, and by revering Him, he refrains from the prohibitions. So, “Indeed, your worshipped one, O people, is One, with no partner.” Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has no partner in His lordship, no partner in His divinity, and no partner in His names and attributes. So, who brings the evidence that He has no partner in His lordship?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : And what about “Indeed, your Lord is One”? I do not remember a verse with this exact wording. We are speaking about lordship.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, now, divinity:
