He said: "O Lord, I called my people night and day,
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : when he despaired of them, after calling them to faith for 950 years, and they refused to believe or heed his advice, (he said: my lord! lo! i have called unto my people) to repent and believe in allah's divine oneness (night and day) at night and during the day.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : he said, ‘my lord, i have summoned my people night and day, that is to say, continuously without interruption,