Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
(Lord of the East and the West) is Allah; (there is no God save Him; so choose you Him alone for thy defender) worship Him as a Lord; it is also said this means: take Him as a Guardian regarding that which He promised you of help, supremacy and reward.
Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas, trans. Mokrane Guezzou
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