Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-A'raaf, Ayah 29
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Say ‘My Lord enjoins justice fairness. And set wa-aqīmū is a supplement to the syntactical significance of bi’l-qist ‘justice’ that is to say it is as if He said ‘Be just and set your faces’ or read wa-aqīmū with an implied fa-aqbilū ‘so turn’ towards it your faces towards God in every place of worship performing your prostrations purely for Him and call upon Him worship Him devoting your religion to Him free of any idolatry. As He brought you into being as He created you when you were nothing so you will return that is so He will bring you back to life on the Day of Resurrection.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Say) O Muhammad: (My Lord enjoineth justice) the confession of Allah's divine Oneness, that there is no god save Allah. (And set your faces) turn with your faces, (upright (towards Him) at every place of worship) upon every prayer (and call upon Him) worship Him, (making religion pure for Him (only)) sincere in your worship of Him and in professing His divine Oneness. (As He brought you into being) on the Day of the Covenant: felicitous and damned, knower and denier, believer and disbeliever, (so return you (unto Him)) in that state.