---The words, “You alone we call upon for help” are general and have a wider implication. The supplication for help may specifically relate to worship or it may refer equally well to other affairs of life.
---The human being does indeed stand in need of Allah’s help to guide and show him how to worship properly, and for the power and ability, the patience and constancy needed for this, especially when it comes to obeying Him in all aspects and affairs of life. That is a most difficult test, and at times even the toughest people lose heart and flounder.
---The precedence in this sentence of the object iyyaka (You alone) interjects into the supplication a sense of exclusivity, indicating that just as the worship of Him is an exclusive prerogative of Allah alone, so must all our supplications for help be addressed to Him alone.
---This is a categorical rejection of all forms of polytheism. After acknowledging our primary duty and obligations towards Allah alone, we have virtually nothing left to offer anyone else, nor any justifiable excuse to call upon anyone apart from Him. The only legitimate form of our relationship with others thereafter is the one that He has Himself defined and approved.
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