Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Faatiha, Ayah 5
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ
It is You we worship and You we ask for help.
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You alone we worship and You alone we ask for help that is to say we reserve worship for You alone by way of acknowledging Your Oneness tawhīd and so on and we ask for Your assistance in worship and in other things.
Related Hadiths
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#3668Sahih
“O Allah, You are my `Aḍud and You are my Helper, and by You do I fight (Allāhumma anta `aḍudī, wa anta naṣīrī, wa bika uqātil).”
Narrated by Anas narrated that when the Prophet (ﷺ) would go out for an expedition, he would say:
Sunan Ibn Majah#2568Da'if
‘We do not seek the help of the polytheist.”
Narrated by It was
narrated from ‘Aishah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Thee (alone) we worship), we turn to you as the only One God and we obey you; ((Thee alone) we ask for help), we ask for your help in worshipping You and from You we obtain confidence in obeying You.