"Or were you witnesses when death approached Jacob?" meaning: You were not present on that day; with this, He addressed those of the Children of Israel who were around the Prophet, peace be upon him. "When he said to his sons, 'What will you worship'" meaning: what will you worship "after me? They said, 'We will worship your God and the God of your fathers, Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac.'" Al-Hasan used to recite it: "We will worship your God and the God of your father Abraham and Ishmael," meaning: and the God of Ishmael and Isaac.
Muhammad said: Whoever recited it this way did so because he disliked considering the paternal uncle as a father.
The saying of the Exalted: "One God." Muhammad said: "One God" is in the accusative case, signifying: we worship your God in His state of oneness.
﴿أَمْ كُنْتُمْ شُهَدَاءَ إِذْ حَضَرَ يَعْقُوب الْمَوْت﴾ أَي: لم تَكُونُوا يَوْمئِذٍ حضورا؛ خَاطب بِهَذَا من كَانَ حول النَّبِي عليه السلام من بني إِسْرَائِيل ﴿إِذْ قَالَ لِبَنِيهِ مَا تَعْبدُونَ﴾ أَي شَيْء تَعْبدُونَ ﴿مِنْ بَعْدِي قَالُوا نَعْبُدُ إِلَهَكَ وَإِلَهَ آبَائِكَ إِبْرَاهِيم وَإِسْمَاعِيل وَإِسْحَاق﴾ وَكَانَ (الحَسَن) يقْرؤهَا: ((نَعْبُدُ إِلَهَكَ وَإِلَهَ أَبِيكَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ أَي: وإله إِسْمَاعِيل وَإِسْحَاق.
قَالَ مُحَمَّد: من قَرَأَ بِهَذَا فَإِنَّهُ كره أَن يَجْعَل الْعَمَّ أَبًا.
قَوْله تَعَالَى: ﴿إِلَهًا وَاحِدًا﴾ قَالَ مُحَمَّد: نصب ﴿إِلَهًا وَاحِدًا﴾ على معنى: نعْبد إلهك فِي حَال وحدانيته
