(Say) to them, O Muhammad: (Shall I choose for a protecting friend) for a lord to worship (other than Allah, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, who feedeth) provides sustenance to the servants (and is never fed?) is never provided sustenance; it is also said: He is not helped in providing sustenance to His servants. (Say) to the unbelievers of Mecca, O Muhammad: (I am ordered to be the first to surrender (unto Him)) the first to embrace Islam; it is also said that this means: the first among the people of his time to worship sincerely and declare Allah's divine Oneness. (And be not thou (O Muhammad) of the idolaters) with the idolaters, following their religion.