Tafsir for verse: 21:108
قُلۡ إِنَّمَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَٰهُكُمۡ إِلَٰهٞ وَٰحِدٞۖ فَهَلۡ أَنتُم مُّسۡلِمُونَ ١٠٨ ﴿108
108Say, “What is revealed to me is simply that your God is One God. So do you submit?”
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Commentary

The meaning is that the ruling is limited to something, or that something is limited to a ruling, like saying: 'Indeed, Zaid is standing,' and 'Indeed, Zaid stands.' Both examples are combined in this verse, because 'Indeed, it is revealed to me' with its subject is like saying: 'Indeed, Zaid stands.' And 'Indeed, your God is one God' is like saying: 'Indeed, Zaid is standing.' The benefit of their combination is to indicate that the revelation to the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, is limited to Allah's exclusive oneness. And in His saying, 'So are you Muslims?' the revelation conveyed in this manner necessitates that you dedicate the oneness to Allah and that you cast off the rivals. It indicates that the attribute of oneness can indeed be conveyed through hearing. And it is possible that the meaning is: 'That which is revealed to me,' so 'what' would be relative.

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