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يٰٓاَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اعْبُدُوْا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِيْ خَلَقَكُمْ وَالَّذِيْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُوْنَۙ  ( البقرة: ٢١ )

yāayyuhā
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
O you
l-nāsu
ٱلنَّاسُ
mankind!
uʿ'budū
ٱعْبُدُوا۟
worship
rabbakumu
رَبَّكُمُ
your Lord
alladhī
ٱلَّذِى
the One Who
khalaqakum
خَلَقَكُمْ
created you
wa-alladhīna
وَٱلَّذِينَ
and those [who]
min
مِن
from
qablikum
قَبْلِكُمْ
before you
laʿallakum
لَعَلَّكُمْ
so that you may
tattaqūna
تَتَّقُونَ
become righteous

Yaaa aiyuhan naasu'budoo Rabbakumul lazee khalaqakum wallazeena min qablikum la'allakum tattaqoon (al-Baq̈arah 2:21)

Sahih International:

O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous – (Al-Baqarah [2] : 21)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

O people, worship your Lord who created you and those before you, so that you may become God-fearing.