يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous -
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- மனிதர்களே! நீங்கள் உங்களையும் உங்களுக்கு முன்னிருந்தோரையும் படைத்த உங்கள் இறைவனையே வணங்குங்கள். (அதனால்) நீங்கள் தக்வா (இறையச்சமும், தூய்மையும்) உடையோராகளாம்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- අහෝ ජනයිනි! නුඹලා හා නුඹලාට පෙර සිටි අය මැව්වා වූ නුඹලාගේ පරමාධිපතිට නමදිනු. නුඹලා බිය බැතිමත් විය හැකි වනු පිණිස.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اے لوگو! اپنے اس رب کی عبادت کرو جس نے تمہیں اور تم سے پہلے کے لوگوں کو پیدا کیا، یہی تمہارا بچاؤ ہے۔
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- 人びとよ。あなたがた，またあなたがた以前の者を創られた主に仕えなさい。恐らくあなたがたは（悪魔に対し）その身を守るであろう。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 众人啊！你们的主，创造了你们，和你们以前的人，你们当崇拜他，以便你们敬畏。
Tafsir of 2:21
Tawhid Al-Uluhiyyah Allah next mentioned His Oneness in divinity and stated that He has favored His servants by bringing them to life after they did not exist. He also surrounded them with blessings, both hidden and apparent. He made the earth a resting place for them, just like the bed, stable with the firm mountains. وَالسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءً (And the sky as a canopy) meaning, `a ceiling'. Similarly, Allah said in another Ayah, وَجَعَلْنَا السَّمَآءَ سَقْفاً مَّحْفُوظاً وَهُمْ عَنْ ءَايَتِهَا مُعْرِضُونَ (And We have made the heaven a roof, safe and well-guarded. Yet they turn away from its signs (i.e. sun, moon, winds, clouds)) (21:32). وَأَنزَلَ لَكُمْ مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءً (And sends down for you water (rain) from the sky) meaning, through the clouds, when they need the rain. Hence, Allah caused the various types of vegetation and fruits to grow as a means of sustenance for people and their cattle. Allah reiterated this bounty in various parts of the Qur'an.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
