فَٱدْعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ
Fad'ul laaha mukhliseena lahud deena wa law karihal kaafiroon
So invoke Allah, [being] sincere to Him in religion, although the disbelievers dislike it.
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Oneness of Allah
40:14Ayah 185
11 ayahs in Ghafir are strongly about the oneness of Allah. This is one of them.
← Previous on Oneness of Allah40:12[They will be told], "That is because, when Allah was called upon alone, you disbelieved; but if others were associated with Him, you believed.Next on Oneness of Allah →40:20And Allah judges with truth, while those they invoke besides Him judge not with anything. Indeed, Allah - He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
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So supplicate God worship Him devoting your religion purely to Him free from any idolatry however much the disbelievers be averse to its being free of such idolatry.
Related Hadiths
"Religion is sincerity (An-Nasihah)." The said: "To whom, O Messenger of Allah?" he said: "To Allah, to His Book, to His Messenger, to the imams of the Muslims and to their common folk."
Allah likes sneezing but dislikes yawning. So when one of you yawns, he should restrain it as much as possible, and should not say Ha, Ha, for that is from the devil who laughs at him.
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