51 Preface وَلا تَجعَلوا مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلٰهًا آخَرَ ۖ إِنّي لَكُم مِنهُ نَذيرٌ مُبينٌYusuf AliAnd make not another1 an object of worship with God. I am from Him a Warner to you, clear and open! Verses 50 and 51, ending with the same clause to emphasise the connection between the two, should be read together. The Prophet’s mission was (and is): (1) to show us the urgent need for repentance; and (2) to wean us from the precipice of false worship. The one convinces us of sin and opens the door to the Mercy of God; the other cures us of the madness of paying court to idle or worthless objects of desire: for in the worship of God, the One True God, is included the best service to ourselves and our fellow-creatures. If fully understood, this sums up the whole duty of man: for it leads us by the right Path to the love of God and the love of man and of all creatures.