And when he mentioned to them the evidence and warned them against taking it lightly, and it became clear that they would not cease from following tradition, he reminded them of their greatest forefather and the source of their pride, and the one most deserving of following for success in following the father in abandoning imitation or in imitating him if they must imitate due to his being the greatest of forefathers and being with evidence. He said, adding to what he intended to indicate for them to reflect upon and contemplate: 'Mention to them that: ﴿And when﴾ that is, and mention to them when ﴿he said﴾ their greatest forefather and the source of their pride, and the consensus on his love and the truth of his religion among them and among the People of the Book and others ﴿Ibrahim to his father﴾ without imitating him as you have imitated your forefathers. And when the opposition of one to the group is severe, he mentioned his state in it to clarify that they are more deserving than them to break away from imitation ﴿and his people﴾ who were indeed the people in reality for their possession of all the land as I said: 'Indeed, we are equal to you.' And when they could not imagine at all that anyone could oppose them, he emphasized with the particle and the manifestation of the noon of protection, saying: ﴿Indeed, I﴾ and added with the description of the source in which the singular and the plural, the masculine and the non-masculine are equal, as it is a source even if it occurs in the position of the adjective with the wording indicating that it is embodied from the declaration of innocence, making it in the form of an increase for the sake of emphasis, saying: ﴿Innocent﴾ and whoever included it made it a pure description like 'tall' in 'tall one' ﴿of what you worship﴾ in the present and future, whatever it may be other than the one who is confused. For they were polytheists, so there must be an exception and it must be connected. Imam Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn Yahya ibn Nasr al-Jurjani said in his book 'Bayān Nuzum al-Qur'an' what summarizes: The secret of the saying of the predecessors that the word here, that is, the verse in his saying 'A lasting word: 'There is no god but Allah' that negation and declaration of innocence are one, for indeed I am innocent is like 'no,' and his saying ﴿of what you worship﴾ is like 'god' as every object of worship is called a god.