2:286 Note-1
Our Only Lord.
2:286 God does not impose a person beyond its capacity. For it is what it earns, and against it is what it earns. "Our Lord, do not mind us if we forget or make mistakes. Our Lord, do not place a burden upon us as You have placed upon those before us. Our Lord, do not burden us beyond our power; pardon us, and forgive us, and have compassion on us; You are our patron, help us against the ingrates."
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The word mawla (sovereign/patron/lord) occurs 18 times in the Quran, and 13 of them are used for God (2:286; 3:150; 6:62; 8:40; 9:51; 10:30; 22:78; 47:11; 66:2); the other 5 are used negatively to criticize the depiction of human idols by this divine title (16:76; 22:13; 44:41; 57:15). Though the Quran clearly warns us not to call anyone besides God mawlana (our sovereign/our patron/our lord), ignorant people among Sunni, Shiite and Christian mushriks use it as a title for their prophets, saints, or clergymen. In Pakistan and India, Sunni and Shiite religious leaders themselves use this exclusively divine title Mawlana as a religious title before their names. A simple Internet search of the word mawlana will produce thousands of names of false idols, mostly followed by ostentatious Arabic names. See 6:62; 8:40; 9:31; 9:51; 10:30; 22:13; 34:41; 42:21; 47:11; 66:2. The word waly (ally), on the other hand, is used for God and for humans as well. God is Waly of monotheists and monotheists are the waly of each other.edip.
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