It is also an injunction as to submission against “the Lord...

It is also an injunction as to submission against “the Lord of the worlds” which presents a sufficient argument for total submission against His Pure Essence. It is worthy of note that injunction (amr) and prohibition (nahy) are distinct in this Verse, injunction toward total submission before God Almighty and prohibition from idolatry.

The reason lying behind the distinction may lie in the fact that in terms of worshipping idols, man worships what he is prohibited from it, but in terms of worshipping God Almighty, man, besides worshipping Him, is supposed to submit to His Commands. It is attested elsewhere in the Holy Qur’an ^2 : “Say: ‘Indeed I am commanded to worship Allah by obeying Him and doing religious deeds sincerely for His sake only.

And I am commanded [this] in order that I may be the first of those who submit themselves to Allah as Muslims.” It is…