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Say to them: I have been commanded only to worship the Rabb of this land, namely, Mecca, which He has made inviolable, which He has made a secure Sanctuary, one in which no human blood may be shed, no person may be wronged, none of its prey may be hunted and [a sanctuary] which is never deserted. Such were the graces bestowed [by Allahu ta’ālā] upon its inhabitants, the [tribe of] Quraysh, [graces] whereby Allahu ta’ālā has spared their land the suffering and civil strife common to all the [other] lands of the Arabs; and to Whom, exalted be He, all things belong, for He is their Rabb, Creator and Possessor. And I have been commanded to be of those who submit, to Allahu ta’ālā, by affirming His Oneness;