إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
When he said to his people, "Will you not fear Allah?
Translation · Saheeh International
Tafsir
Ibn Kathīr (abridged)
إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ أَلاَ تَتَّقُونَ
(When he said to his people: "Will you not have Taqwa") means, `do you not fear Allah when you worship others instead of Him'
أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلاً وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ الْخَـلِقِينَ
(Will you call upon Ba`l and forsake the Best of creators,) Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, Mujahid, `Ikrimah, Qatadah and As-Suddi said that the word Ba`l means lord. `Ikrimah and Qatadah said, "This is the language of the people of Yemen." According to another report from Qatadah, it is the language of Azd Shanu'ah. `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam narrated from his father that it is the name of an idol which was worshipped by the people of a city called Ba`labak (Baalbek) which is to the west of Damascus. Ad-Dahhak said, "It is an idol which they used to worship."
أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلاً
(Will you call upon Ba`l) means, `will you worship an idol,'
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