The Holy Quran 1:5 — Surah Al-Fatihah

Arabic text

إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ

Translation

You Alone do we worship, and You Alone do we ask for help.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Seeking help from Allah alone: this noble verse makes it clear that to seek help, in the true sense, from anyone other than His Pure Being is utterly impermissible. However, if someone seeks outward help from a servant accepted by Allah, regarding him merely as a means of Divine mercy and not as independent, this is permissible, for such seeking of help is…

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