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Say to them: Follow what has been revealed to you from your Rabb, namely, the Qur'ān, and do not follow, [do not] take, beside Him, namely, Allahu ta’ālā, in other words, other than Him, any patrons, obeying them in disobedience of Him, exalted be He. Little do you remember (read tadhakkarūn or yadhakkarūn, '[little] are you or they admonished'; the original tā' [of tatadhakkarūn] has been assimilated with the dhāl; a variant reading has tadhkurūn; the mā [of qalīlan mā, 'little'] is extra, merely emphasising the 'littleness').¹