Quran Universe
33:2

وَٱتَّبِعۡ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيۡكَ مِن رَّبِّكَۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ خَبِيرٗا

WaittabiAA ma yooha ilayka min rabbika inna Allaha kana bima taAAmaloona khabeeran

And follow that which is revealed to you from your Lord. Indeed Allah is ever, with what you do, Acquainted.

Word by word
  1. وَٱتَّبِعۡAnd follow
  2. مَاwhat
  3. يُوحَىٰٓis inspired
  4. إِلَيۡكَto you
  5. مِنfrom
  6. رَّبِّكَۚyour Lord
  7. إِنَّIndeed
  8. ٱللَّهَAllah
  9. كَانَis
  10. بِمَاof what
  11. تَعۡمَلُونَyou do
  12. خَبِيرٗاAll-Aware
Al-Ahzab · 33:2Madinah

Follow what your Lord reveals. He sees what you do.

The positive side of the command

What to follow
the revelationQur'an and Sunnah
because
Allah is awarenothing hidden
Two halves
do not obey themverse 1
and
follow the revelationverse 2

After telling him not to obey those against the message, Allah tells His Messenger ﷺ what to follow instead: what is revealed, the Qur'an and Sunnah. Ibn Kathir says nothing at all is hidden from Him.

You unfollow the accounts that drag you down. Good. Then the feed is empty and you fill it with more noise. Saying no is half. The other half is filling that space with what Allah sent.

Avoiding bad influences is enough.

Turning from the wrong voices only works if I follow the right one.

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Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 33:1)

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلَا تُطِعِ الْكَافِرِينَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا - وَاتَّبِعْ مَا يُوحَىٰ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًا - وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِاللَّهِ وَكِيلًا

(1. O Prophet! Have Taqwa of Allah, and obey not the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Verily, Allah is Ever All-Knower, All-Wise.)(2. And follow that which is revealed to you from your Lord. Verily, Allah is Well-Acquainted with what you do.)(3. And put your trust in Allah, and sufficient is Allah as a Trustee.)

The Command to defy the Disbelievers and Hypocrites by following the Revelation of Allah and putting One's Trust in Him

Here Allah points out something lower by referring to something higher. When He commands His servant and Messenger to do this, He is also commanding those who are lower than him, and the command is addressed to them more so. Talq bin Habib said: "Taqwa means obeying Allah in the light of the guidance of Allah and in hope of earning the reward of Allah, and refraining from disobeying Allah in the light of the guidance of Allah and fearing the punishment of Allah."

وَلَا تُطِعِ الْكَافِرِينَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ

(and obey not the disbelievers and the hypocrites.) means, do not listen to what they say and do not consult them.

إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا

(Verily, Allah is Ever All-Knower, All-Wise) means, He is more deserving of your following His commandments and obeying Him, for He knows the consequences of all things and is Wise in all that He says and does. Allah says:

وَاتَّبِعْ مَا يُوحَىٰ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ ۚ 

(And follow that which is revealed to you from your Lord.) meaning, of the Qur'an and Sunnah.

إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًا

(Verily, Allah is Well-Acquainted with what you do.) means, nothing at all is hidden from Him, and put your trust in Allah, i.e., in all your affairs and situations.

وَكَفَىٰ بِاللَّهِ وَكِيلًا

(and sufficient is Allah as a Wakil.) means, sufficient is He as a Trustee for the one who puts his trust in Him and turns to Him.