Tafsir for verse: 39:2
إِنَّآ أَنزَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ فَٱعۡبُدِ ٱللَّهَ مُخۡلِصٗا لَّهُ ٱلدِّينَ ٢ ﴿2
2Surely We have revealed the Book to you with truth; so worship Allah making your submission exclusive for Him.
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Commentary

And when he informed that it is from Him; he justified that by what has been established by all that has passed of good; so he said - diverting the words from the backbiting; alerting to the increase of His greatness by mentioning His sending it down a second time; presenting it in a manner of greatness; informing that He has specifically chosen it for His greatest creation; expressing by the apparent sending down in all; a figurative expression of the decisive ruling; which there is no turning back from -: ﴿Indeed﴾; meaning: regarding what we have of greatness; ﴿We sent down﴾; meaning: by what we have of greatness; and he associated this greatness with the preposition indicating purpose; necessitating the intermediary; indicating that this was in the beginning; by the indication of following it with the command of worship; unlike what comes in this surah; for indeed it is for the end by its becoming a character for him ﷺ; so it was with the preposition of elevation most appropriate; indicating that its weight necessitating the cracking of the foot; and the reason for the slightness; is specific to him ﷺ; and to those close to him; and its ease and simplicity for his nation; so he said: ﴿To You﴾; meaning: specifically; through the angel; no one from the creation can claim participation with you in any of that; so their claim would necessitate a type of confusion; and he revealed the place of the implicit; magnifying it; by alerting to what is in it of gathering the foundations; and the branches; and the subtleties; and the knowledge; ﴿The Book﴾; meaning: the one that encompasses all good; with the decisive clarification; and the definitive ruling regarding the past; and the future; and what is to come; being clothed ﴿in truth﴾; which is the correspondence of reality to all of its news; for reality follows its news; there is no news for it except that it corresponds to it with a correspondence that leaves no ambiguity in any of it; there is no adornment for it; nor clothing; except the truth; so there is no evidence more evident of its being from Him than that; so let them follow His news; and let them observe His eye and His trace.

And when it is established by this that He - glorified and exalted is He - has singled him out with something that no one is able to do; it is established that He - glorified and exalted is He - is the only God. Therefore, His saying is a reference to the manifestation of greatness; to something greater than it; by observing all the attributes of perfection; for the sake of worship; in glorification of its status; because it is the intended purpose in itself -: ﴿So worship Allah﴾; meaning: the One who possesses all attributes of perfection; while you are ﴿sincere﴾; and sincerity is the intention towards Allah without any reason; ﴿for Him﴾; meaning: alone; ﴿the religion﴾; by embracing the matter with the utmost submission; because He has singled you out with this great matter; so He is worthy of that from you; and He has driven away the enemies from you; so none of them can reach you in a way that weakens anything of your affair; so be sincere to be the head of the sincere; those who preceded at the end of Surah Sad; that there is no way for the devil (p-441) against them; and much has been mentioned about their leaders; and there has been encouragement to follow them; by what has been mentioned of their praises; for their patience in their sincerity; Al-Razi said: Al-Junaid said: Sincerity is the essence of every action; and it is connected to the beginning of the actions; which is the purification of the intention; and it is contingent upon the end of the actions that one does not turn to it; nor speak of it; and he should conceal it in all circumstances; and it is to single out Allah in the action; and in the report: 'I am the most free of partners from associating partners.'

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