Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Az-Zumar, Ayah 2

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إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَٱعْبُدِ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصًۭا لَّهُ ٱلدِّينَ
Indeed, We have sent down to you the Book, [O Muhammad], in truth. So worship Allah, [being] sincere to Him in religion.

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(Lo! We have revealed the Scripture unto thee (Muhammad)) We have sent Gabriel to you with the Scripture (with truth) not with falsehood; (so worship Allah, making religion pure for Him (only)) making worship and the profession of Allah's divine Oneness sincere to Him.

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Indeed We have revealed to you O Muhammad (s) the Book with the truth bi’l-haqqi is semantically connected to anzalnā ‘We have revealed’; so worship God devoting your religion purely to Him pure of any idolatry in other words affirming His Oneness.

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