and humbling oneself before Him in submissiveness (1). What Ibn ʿAbbās intended—if Allah wills—by his statement interpreting His statement: 'Worship your Lord' as 'Declare His Monotheism (Tawhid)', is: single out obedience and worship for your Lord to the exclusion of the rest of His creation (2).

472- Muḥammad ibn Ḥumayd narrated to us, he said: Salamah narrated to us, on the authority of Ibn Isḥāq, on the authority of Muḥammad ibn Abī Muḥammad, on the authority of ʿIkrimah, or on the authority of Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās, he said: Allah said: 'O mankind, worship your Lord,' to both groups together, the disbelievers and the hypocrites; that is, declare the Monotheism (Tawhid) of your Lord who created you and those before you (3).

473- Mūsā ibn Hārūn narrated to me, he said: ʿAmr ibn Ḥammād narrated to us, on the authority of Asbāṭ, on the authority of al-Suddī in a report he mentioned, on the authority of Abū Mālik, and on the authority of Abū Ṣāliḥ, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās—and on the authority of Murrah, on the authority of Ibn Masʿūd, and on the authority of people among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ: 'O mankind, worship your Lord who created you and those before you,' he says: He created you and created those before you (4).

Abū Jaʿfar said: This verse is among the clearest proofs of the invalidity of the statement of whoever claims that imposing an obligation beyond one's capacity without Allah's assistance is impermissible except after Allah grants the accountable person the assistance for what He obligated him with. That is because Allah commanded those we described to worship Him and repent from their disbelief, after informing about them that they will not believe and that they will not return from their error.