You Alone We Ask for Help — The Secret of Exclusivity in Seeking Aid

Verse: "You alone we worship and You alone we ask for help." (1:5)

Exclusivity by fronting: "Iyyaka" is placed before the verb — Arabic principle: fronting the object creates exclusivity. So "iyyaka nasta'in" means: we ask for help from You alone, none other.

Difference between "nasta'inuka" and "iyyaka nasta'in": The first: "we ask your help" — reports. The second: "You alone we ask for help" — restricts. Restriction is more eloquent in establishing tawhid.

Practical application: When the worshipper says "You alone we ask for help" while expecting more help from a human than from Allah — they contradict what they say.