Al-Hijr 15:94
The Rocky Tract · Meccan · Juz 14 · Page 267
Proclaim Openly
فَٱصۡدَعۡ بِمَا تُؤۡمَرُ وَأَعۡرِضۡ عَنِ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ٩٤
So proclaim that which thou art commanded, and withdraw from the idolaters.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Proclaim what you are commanded and turn away from the polytheists.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this is fulfilling one’s mission openly and with great insistence, shrinking from nothing.
Reflect
Don’t shrink from speaking the truth.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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