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And indeed Allahu ta’ālā is my Rabb and your Rabb. So worship Him (read [the introductory particle] as anna, with an implicit [preceding] udhkur, 'mention'; or read [it] as inna, with an implicit [preceding] qul, 'say',⁵ [a reading] indicated by [the fact that Allahu ta’ālā says elsewhere] 'I only said to them that which You commanded me: “Worship Allahu ta’ālā, my Rabb and your Rabb”' [Q. 5:117]. This, that has been mentioned, is a straight path, a route leading to Paradise.