Ibn Abbas: Allah alone possesses divinity and the right to be worshipped above all creation

Abdullah Ibn Abbas said, “Allah is the one possessing divinity and the right to be worshipped above the creation altogether.”

[Tafsir At-Tabari, Verse 1:1]

عَنْ عَبْد اللَّه بْن عَبَّاس قَالَ : اللَّه ذُو الْأُلُوهِيَّة وَالْمَعْبُودِيَّة عَلَى خَلْقه أَجْمَعِينَ