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26:110

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Faittaqoo Allaha waateeAAooni

So fear Allah and obey me."

Word by word
  1. فَٱتَّقُواْSo fear
  2. ٱللَّهَAllah
  3. وَأَطِيعُونِand obey me
Ash-Shu'ara · 26:110Makkah

So fear Allah and obey me. He says it again.

Repeating the call, with a new reason

Two reasons, same call
I am trustworthyso fear Allah, obey
I ask nothingso fear Allah, obey
Why repeat it
once is enoughthey heard it
patient repetitioneach time a new reason

Nuh repeats the same line. The first time it followed his trustworthiness. Now it follows the fact that he asks for nothing. Ibn Kathir paraphrases: it is clear to you that I am telling the truth, so fear Allah. He kept calling, with patience.

You told your teenager once and gave up. You reminded your spouse gently once and stopped. Nuh repeated himself, gently, giving a new reason each time. Some good things need to be said more than once.

If I said it once and it did not work, there is no point repeating it.

Patient, kind repetition is part of caring for someone.

Try this

Gently repeat one piece of good advice to someone you love, in a new way.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 26:105)

The people of Nuh denied the Messengers (105)When their brother Nuh said to them: "Will you not have Taqwa? ( 106)"I am a trustworthy Messenger to you. ( 107)"So have Taqwa of Allah, and obey me. ( 108)"No reward do I ask of you for it; my reward is only from the Lord of all that exists. ( 109)"So have Taqwa of Allah, and obey me. ( 110)

Nuh's Preaching to His People, and Their Response

Here Allah tells us about His servant and Messenger Nuh, peace be upon him, who was the first Messenger sent by Allah to the people of earth after they started to worship idols. Allah sent him to forbid that and to warn people of the consequences of idol worship. But his people belied him and continued their evil practice of worshipping idols besides Allah. Allah revealed that their disbelieving in him was akin to disbelieving in all the Messengers, So Allah said:

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ - إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

(The people of Nuh belied the Messengers. When their brother Nuh said to them: "Will you not have Taqwa?") meaning, 'do you not fear Allah when you worship others instead of Him?'

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

(I am a trustworthy Messenger to you.) means, 'I am the Messenger of Allah to you, faithfully fulfilling the mission with which Allah has sent me. I convey the Messages of my Lord to you, and I do not add anything to them or take anything away from them.

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ - وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ

(So have Taqwa of Allah, and obey me. No reward do I ask of you for it;) means, 'I do not want any payment for the advice I give you; I will save my reward for it with Allah.'

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

(So have Taqwa of Allah, and obey me.) 'It is clear to you that I am telling the truth and that I am faithfully fulfilling the mission with which Allah has entrusted me.'