Surah Hajj ayat 78 Tafsir Quran 22:78

﴿وَجَاهِدُوا فِي اللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهَادِهِ ۚ هُوَ اجْتَبَاكُمْ وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ ۚ مِّلَّةَ أَبِيكُمْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ۚ هُوَ سَمَّاكُمُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِن قَبْلُ وَفِي هَٰذَا لِيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ شَهِيدًا عَلَيْكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ ۚ فَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِاللَّهِ هُوَ مَوْلَاكُمْ ۖ فَنِعْمَ الْمَوْلَىٰ وَنِعْمَ النَّصِيرُ﴾
[ الحج: 78]

22:78 And strive for Allah with the striving due to Him. He has chosen you and has not placed upon you in the religion any difficulty. [It is] the religion of your father, Abraham. Allah named you "Muslims" before [in former scriptures] and in this [revelation] that the Messenger may be a witness over you and you may be witnesses over the people. So establish prayer and give zakah and hold fast to Allah. He is your protector; and excellent is the protector, and excellent is the helper.

And struggle in the way of God in order to establish His religion a struggle worthy of Him by expending all effort therein haqqa is in the accusative because it is a verbal noun. He has elected you He has chosen you for His religion and has not laid upon you in your religion any hardship that is any constraint for He has facilitated adherence to it during times of difficulty such as His permitting you to shorten prayers to seek ritual purification from earth to eat of carrion and to break the fast during illness or travel — the creed of your father millata is in the accusative because the genitive preposition kāf sc. ka-millati ‘like the creed of’ has been omitted Abraham Ibrāhīma an explicative supplement. He that is God named you Muslims before that is before the revelation of this Book and in this that is in the Qur’ān so that the Messenger might be a witness against you on the Day of Resurrection that he delivered the Message to you and that you might be witnesses against mankind that their messengers delivered the Message to them. So maintain prayer observe it regularly and pay the alms and hold fast to God trust in Him. He is your Patron your Helper and the Guardian of your affairs. An excellent Patron is He and an excellent Helper for you.

And strive in the cause of Allah and make His purpose the heart of your purpose. He did not intend to put you in difficulty nor to create for you difficultness in the system of faith and worship He has chosen for you, the same system followed by your father Ibrahim . It is He -Allah- Who gave you people the descriptive and distinctive appellation Muslims in previous Scriptures as well as in this Book - the Quran - so that the Messenger Muhammad would be a witness of your actions and you come to be witnesses of peoples actions which interpret their thoughts and characterize their rival systems. Therefore, engage in the act of worship, give alms and turn your minds to Allah and see that you be under His tutelage. He is your Tutelary Guardian ,and how ultimate in excellence is the Protector and the Ultimate of Ultimates to afford help

The Command to worship Allah and engage in Jihad It was reported from `Uqbah bin `Amir that the Prophet said:
«فُضِّلَتْ سُورَةُ الْحَجِّ بِسَجْدَتَيْنِ، فَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْجُدْهُمَا فَلَا يَقْرَأْهُمَا»
( Surat Al-Hajj has been blessed with two Sajdahs, so whoever does not prostrate them should not read them. ) وَجَـهِدُوا فِى اللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهَـدِهِ ( And strive hard in Allah's cause as you ought to strive. ) means, with your wealth and your tongues and your bodies.
This is like the Ayah: اتَّقُواْ اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ ( Have Taqwa of Allah as is His due. ) 3:102 هُوَ اجْتَبَـكُمْ ( He has chosen you, ) means, `O Ummah of Islam, Allah has selected you and chosen you over all other nations, and has favored you and blessed you and honored you with the noblest of Messengers and the noblest of Laws.' وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكمْ فِى الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ ( and has not laid upon you in religion any hardship ) He has not given you more than you can bear and He has not obliged you to do anything that will cause you difficulty except that He has created for you a way out.
So the Salah, which is the most important pillar of Islam after the two testimonies of faith, is obligatory, four Rak`ahs when one is settled, which are shortened to two Rak`ah when one is traveling.
According to some Imams, only one Rak`ahs is obligatory at times of fear, as was recorded in the Hadith.
A person may pray while walking or riding, facing the Qiblah or otherwise.
When praying optional prayers while traveling, one may face the Qiblah or not.
A person is not obliged to stand during the prayer if he is sick; the sick person may pray sitting down, and if he is not able to do that then he may pray lying on his side.
And there are other exemptions and dispensations which may apply to the obligatory prayers and other duties.
So the Prophet said:
«بُعِثْتُ بِالْحَنِيفِيَّةِ السَّمْحَة»
( I have been sent with the easy Hanifi way. ) And he said to Mu`adh and Abu Musa, when he sent them as governors to Yemen:
«بَشِّرَا وَلَا تُنَفِّرا وَيَسِّرَا وَلَا تُعَسِّرَا»
( Give good news and do not repel them.
Make things easy for the people and do not make the things difficult for them. ) And there are many similar Hadiths.
Ibn `Abbas said concerning the Ayah, وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكمْ فِى الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ ( and has not laid upon you in religion any hardship ), "This means difficulty." مِّلَّةَ أَبِيكُمْ إِبْرَهِيمَ ( It is the religion of your father Ibrahim.
) Ibn Jarir said, "This refers back to the Ayah, وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكمْ فِى الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ ( and has not laid upon you in religion any hardship ) meaning, any difficulty." On the contrary, He has made it easy for you, like the religion of your father Ibrahim.
He said, "It may be that it means: adhere to the religion of your father Ibrahim." I say: This interpretation of the Ayah is like the Ayah: قُلْ إِنَّنِى هَدَانِى رَبِّى إِلَى صِرَطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ دِينًا قِيَمًا مِّلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا ( Say: "Truly, my Lord has guided me to a straight path, a right religion, the religion of Ibrahim, a Hanif ) 6:161 هُوَ سَمَّـكُمُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِن قَبْلُ وَفِى هَـذَا ( He has named you Muslims both before and in this (Qur'an ),) Imam `Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak said, narrating from Ibn Jurayj, from `Ata', from Ibn `Abbas: concerning Allah's saying, هُوَ سَمَّـكُمُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِن قَبْلُ ( He has named you Muslims before ) "This refers to Allah, may He be glorified." This was also the view of Mujahid, `Ata', Ad-Dahhak, As-Suddi, Muqatil bin Hayyan and Qatadah.
Mujahid said, "Allah named you Muslims before, in the previous Books and in Adh-Dhikr, وَفِى هَـذَا ( and in this ) means, the Qur'an." This was also the view of others, because Allah says: هُوَ اجْتَبَـكُمْ وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكمْ فِى الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ ( He has chosen you, and has not laid upon you in religion any hardship ) Then He urged them to follow the Message which His Messenger brought, by reminding them that this was the religion of their father Ibrahim.
Then He mentioned His blessings to this Ummah, whereby He mentioned them and praised them long ago in the Books of the Prophets which were recited to the rabbis and monks.
Allah says: هُوَ سَمَّـكُمُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِن قَبْلُ ( He has named you Muslims both before ) meaning, before the Qur'an, وَفِى هَـذَا ( and in this. ) Under the explanation of this Ayah, An-Nasa'i recorded from Al-Harith Al-Ash`ari from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said:
«مَنْ دَعَا بِدَعْوَى الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ جِثِيِّ جَهَنَّم»
( Whoever adopts the call of Jahiliyyah, will be one of those who will crawl on their knees in Hell. ) A man said, "O Messenger of Allah, even if he fasts and performs Salah" He said,
«نَعَمْ وَإِنْ صَامَ وَصَلَّى ، فَادْعُوا بِدَعْوَةِ اللهِ الَّتِي سَمَّاكُمْ بِهَا الْمُسْلِمِينَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عِبَادَ الله»
( Yes, even if he fasts and performs Salah.
So adopt the call of Allah whereby He called you Muslims and believers and servants of Allah. ) لِيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ شَهِيداً عَلَيْكُمْ وَتَكُونُواْ شُهَدَآءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ ( that the Messenger may be a witness over you and you be witnesses over mankind! ) means, `thus We have made you a just and fair nation, the best of nations, and all other nations will testify to your justice.
On the Day of Resurrection you will be, شُهَدَآءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ ( witnesses over mankind ),' because on that Day all the nations will acknowledge its leadership and its precedence over all others.
Therefore, on the Day of Resurrection the testimony of the members of this community will be accepted as proof that the Messengers ﷺ conveyed the Message of their Lord to them, and the Messenger will testify that he conveyed the Message to them. فَأَقِيمُواْ الصَّلوةَ وَءَاتُواْ الزَّكَوةَ ( So perform the Salah, give Zakah ) means, respond to this great blessing with gratitude by fulfilling your duties towards Allah, doing that which He has enjoined upon you and avoiding that which He had forbidden.
Among the most important duties are establishing regular prayer and giving Zakah.
Zakah is a form of beneficence towards Allah's creatures, whereby He has enjoined upon the rich to give a little of their wealth to the poor each year, to help the weak and needy.
We have already mentioned its explanation in the Ayah of Zakah in Surat At-Tawbah ( 9:5 ). وَاعْتَصِمُواْ بِاللَّهِ ( and hold fast to Allah. ) means, seek the help and support of Allah and put your trust in Him, and get strength from Him. هُوَ مَوْلَـكُمْ ( He is your Mawla, ) meaning, He is your Protector and your Helper, He is the One Who will cause you to prevail against your enemies. فَنِعْمَ الْمَوْلَى وَنِعْمَ النَّصِيرُ ( what an Excellent Mawla and what an Excellent Helper! ) He is the best Mawla and the best Helper against your enemies.
This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat Al-Hajj.
May Allah bless our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and his family and Companions, and grant them peace; may Allah honor and be pleased with the Companions and those who follow them in truth until the Day of Resurrection.

(22:78) Exert your utmost for the cause of Allah as one should. *128 He has chosen you for His service *129 and has not laid on you any hardship in your religion. *130 Therefore, be steadfast in the religion of your father Abraham *131 . Allah had called you "Muslims" before this and has called you *132 (by the same name) in this (Qur'an) also so that the Messenger may be a witness in regard to you and you may be witnesses in regard to the rest of mankind. *133 Therefore, establish Salat and pay the Zakat dues, and hold fast to Allah, *134 for He is your Guardian: What an excellent Guardian and what an excellent Helper!

And strive for Allah with the striving meaning

*128) The Arabic word Jihad is very comprehensive.
It includes every kind of effort, exertion, conflict and war.
Jihad for the cause of Allah means that it should be performed for .His service and for His approval against those who prevent others from following His Way.
The performance of Jihad also requires that one should first of all fight against one's own self in order to subdue it.
For there can be no true Jihad unless one fights against one's evil self and subdues one's desires and lusts to the obedience of AIIah.
The Holy Prophet himself has emphasized the need for this Jihad.
Once when the warriors for the cause of Allah returned from Jihad, he said: " You have returned from the lesser Jihad to the' greater Jihad. " They asked, " What is that greater Jihad.' " The Holy Prophet replied, " It is the Jihad against one's own desires and lusts. "
Moreover, the battlefield for Jihad is, in fact, the whole world, and Islam demands that one should exert one's utmost against all the rebels of Allah and the wicked powers with all of one's heart and mind and body and wealth.

*129) The direct addressees of this were the Companions of the Holy Prophet, for they were the first who had the honour to be chosen for this service; others have been addressed only indirectly being their followers.
This thing has been mentioned in the Qur'an in other ways as well.
For reference, see II: 143 and III: 110.

*130) " ..........( Allah ) has not laid on you any hardship in your religion. " That is, " The creed you have been given is very simple and straightforward and the laws and regulations you have to obey are practicable.
You are free within its bounds to make as much progress as you cap. " This was to impress that the lives of the Muslims were free from all those useless and unnatural restrictions which had been imposed upon the former communities by their priests and law-givers.
The negative aspect of the same thing has been mentioned in V1I: 157: " .
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He enjoins them to follow virtue and forbids them from evil: He makes pure things lawful for them and impure things unlawful.
He relieves them of their burdens and frees thetas from the shackles that bound them. "
*131) Though Islam tray be called the religion of Prophets Noah, Moses, Jesus, etc., yet the Qur'an emphasizes over and over again that it is the religion of Prophet Abraham.
Therefore, " You should follow it. " This is for three reasons:
( 1 ) The first addressees of the Qur'an were the Arabs who were more familiar with Prophet Abraham than with any other Prophet and acknowledged him to be a holy personage and their leader.

( 2 ) Prophet Abraham alone was the person whom the Jews, the Christians, the Muslims and the mushriks of Arabia and of the adjoining countries unanimously acknowledged as a great Prophet.

( 3 ) When the Qur'an invites all these communities to follow the way of Abraham, it in fact, admonishes them that all their religions had been invented long after Prophet Abraham and, therefore, were not trustworthy because they contradicted many things taught by him.
As for the mushriks of Arabia, they also acknowledged that idol-worship among them had been started by 'Amr bin Luhayy, who was a leader of Bani Khuza`ah, and had brought an idol, called Hubal, from Moab in about 600 B.C.
So the religion to which Prophet Muhammad ( Allah's peace and blessings be upon him ) invited them was the same pure, un-adulterated religion which was taught by Prophet Abraham ( Allah's peace be upon him ).

For further details, see E.N.'s 134, 135 of Chapter II ( AI-Baqarah ) and E.N.'s 58, 79 of Chapter III ( Al-`Imran ) and E.N.'s 119, 120 of Chapter XVI ( An-Nahl )
*132) Here the word " you " has not been addressed exclusively to those Believers who lived at the time of the revelation of this verse, or those who believed after its revelation.
It includes all those human beings, who, from the beginning of human history, believed in Tauhid, the Hereafter, Prophethood and the Divine Books.
They were not " Jews ", " Christians ", etc., but " Muslims " in the sense that they had surrendered themselves to Allah.
Likewise the followers of the Holy Prophet Muhammad ( Allah's peace and blessings be upon him ) are not Muhammadens but " ,Muslims ".

*133) For Explanation, see E.
N.
144 of Chapter II ( Al-Baqarah ).

*134) " ....
hold fast to Allah ": Follow exclusively the Guidance and the law of Allah: obey Him alone: fear Him and have all your hopes and expectations in Him: invoke Him alone for help: trust in Him and pray to Him for all your needs.

The Command to worship Allah and engage in Jihad It was reported from `Uqbah bin `Amir that the Prophet said: «فُضِّلَتْ سُورَةُ الْحَجِّ بِسَجْدَتَيْنِ، فَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْجُدْهُمَا فَلَا يَقْرَأْهُمَا» ( Surat Al-Hajj has been blessed with two Sajdahs, so whoever does not prostrate them should not read them. ) وَجَـهِدُوا فِى اللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهَـدِهِ ( And strive hard in Allah's cause as you ought to strive. ) means, with your wealth and your tongues and your bodies.
This is like the Ayah: اتَّقُواْ اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ ( Have Taqwa of Allah as is His due. ) 3:102 هُوَ اجْتَبَـكُمْ ( He has chosen you, ) means, `O Ummah of Islam, Allah has selected you and chosen you over all other nations, and has favored you and blessed you and honored you with the noblest of Messengers and the noblest of Laws.' وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكمْ فِى الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ ( and has not laid upon you in religion any hardship ) He has not given you more than you can bear and He has not obliged you to do anything that will cause you difficulty except that He has created for you a way out.
So the Salah, which is the most important pillar of Islam after the two testimonies of faith, is obligatory, four Rak`ahs when one is settled, which are shortened to two Rak`ah when one is traveling.
According to some Imams, only one Rak`ahs is obligatory at times of fear, as was recorded in the Hadith.
A person may pray while walking or riding, facing the Qiblah or otherwise.
When praying optional prayers while traveling, one may face the Qiblah or not.
A person is not obliged to stand during the prayer if he is sick; the sick person may pray sitting down, and if he is not able to do that then he may pray lying on his side.
And there are other exemptions and dispensations which may apply to the obligatory prayers and other duties.
So the Prophet said: «بُعِثْتُ بِالْحَنِيفِيَّةِ السَّمْحَة» ( I have been sent with the easy Hanifi way. ) And he said to Mu`adh and Abu Musa, when he sent them as governors to Yemen: «بَشِّرَا وَلَا تُنَفِّرا وَيَسِّرَا وَلَا تُعَسِّرَا» ( Give good news and do not repel them.
Make things easy for the people and do not make the things difficult for them. ) And there are many similar Hadiths.
Ibn `Abbas said concerning the Ayah, وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكمْ فِى الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ ( and has not laid upon you in religion any hardship ), "This means difficulty." مِّلَّةَ أَبِيكُمْ إِبْرَهِيمَ ( It is the religion of your father Ibrahim.
) Ibn Jarir said, "This refers back to the Ayah, وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكمْ فِى الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ ( and has not laid upon you in religion any hardship ) meaning, any difficulty." On the contrary, He has made it easy for you, like the religion of your father Ibrahim.
He said, "It may be that it means: adhere to the religion of your father Ibrahim." I say: This interpretation of the Ayah is like the Ayah: قُلْ إِنَّنِى هَدَانِى رَبِّى إِلَى صِرَطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ دِينًا قِيَمًا مِّلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا ( Say: "Truly, my Lord has guided me to a straight path, a right religion, the religion of Ibrahim, a Hanif ) 6:161 هُوَ سَمَّـكُمُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِن قَبْلُ وَفِى هَـذَا ( He has named you Muslims both before and in this (Qur'an ),) Imam `Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak said, narrating from Ibn Jurayj, from `Ata', from Ibn `Abbas: concerning Allah's saying, هُوَ سَمَّـكُمُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِن قَبْلُ ( He has named you Muslims before ) "This refers to Allah, may He be glorified." This was also the view of Mujahid, `Ata', Ad-Dahhak, As-Suddi, Muqatil bin Hayyan and Qatadah.
Mujahid said, "Allah named you Muslims before, in the previous Books and in Adh-Dhikr, وَفِى هَـذَا ( and in this ) means, the Qur'an." This was also the view of others, because Allah says: هُوَ اجْتَبَـكُمْ وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكمْ فِى الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ ( He has chosen you, and has not laid upon you in religion any hardship ) Then He urged them to follow the Message which His Messenger brought, by reminding them that this was the religion of their father Ibrahim.
Then He mentioned His blessings to this Ummah, whereby He mentioned them and praised them long ago in the Books of the Prophets which were recited to the rabbis and monks.
Allah says: هُوَ سَمَّـكُمُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِن قَبْلُ ( He has named you Muslims both before ) meaning, before the Qur'an, وَفِى هَـذَا ( and in this. ) Under the explanation of this Ayah, An-Nasa'i recorded from Al-Harith Al-Ash`ari from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said: «مَنْ دَعَا بِدَعْوَى الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ جِثِيِّ جَهَنَّم» ( Whoever adopts the call of Jahiliyyah, will be one of those who will crawl on their knees in Hell. ) A man said, "O Messenger of Allah, even if he fasts and performs Salah" He said, «نَعَمْ وَإِنْ صَامَ وَصَلَّى ، فَادْعُوا بِدَعْوَةِ اللهِ الَّتِي سَمَّاكُمْ بِهَا الْمُسْلِمِينَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عِبَادَ الله» ( Yes, even if he fasts and performs Salah.
So adopt the call of Allah whereby He called you Muslims and believers and servants of Allah. ) لِيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ شَهِيداً عَلَيْكُمْ وَتَكُونُواْ شُهَدَآءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ ( that the Messenger may be a witness over you and you be witnesses over mankind! ) means, `thus We have made you a just and fair nation, the best of nations, and all other nations will testify to your justice.
On the Day of Resurrection you will be, شُهَدَآءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ ( witnesses over mankind ),' because on that Day all the nations will acknowledge its leadership and its precedence over all others.
Therefore, on the Day of Resurrection the testimony of the members of this community will be accepted as proof that the Messengers ﷺ conveyed the Message of their Lord to them, and the Messenger will testify that he conveyed the Message to them. فَأَقِيمُواْ الصَّلوةَ وَءَاتُواْ الزَّكَوةَ ( So perform the Salah, give Zakah ) means, respond to this great blessing with gratitude by fulfilling your duties towards Allah, doing that which He has enjoined upon you and avoiding that which He had forbidden.
Among the most important duties are establishing regular prayer and giving Zakah.
Zakah is a form of beneficence towards Allah's creatures, whereby He has enjoined upon the rich to give a little of their wealth to the poor each year, to help the weak and needy.
We have already mentioned its explanation in the Ayah of Zakah in Surat At-Tawbah ( 9:5 ). وَاعْتَصِمُواْ بِاللَّهِ ( and hold fast to Allah. ) means, seek the help and support of Allah and put your trust in Him, and get strength from Him. هُوَ مَوْلَـكُمْ ( He is your Mawla, ) meaning, He is your Protector and your Helper, He is the One Who will cause you to prevail against your enemies. فَنِعْمَ الْمَوْلَى وَنِعْمَ النَّصِيرُ ( what an Excellent Mawla and what an Excellent Helper! ) He is the best Mawla and the best Helper against your enemies.
This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat Al-Hajj.
May Allah bless our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and his family and Companions, and grant them peace; may Allah honor and be pleased with the Companions and those who follow them in truth until the Day of Resurrection.

( And strive for Allah with the endeavour which is His right ) and fulfil for Allah that which is His right. ( He hath chosen you ) for His religion ( and hath not laid upon you in religion ) in the matter of religion ( any hardship ) He says: whoever cannot pray standing, let him pray sitting; and whoever cannot pray sitting, let him pray lying down, just by making gestures; ( the faith of your father Abraham ) follow the religion of your father Abraham. ( He hath named you ) Allah named you ( Muslims of old time ) before this Qur’an, in the Scriptures of past prophets ( and in this (Scripture )) i.e. the Qur’an, ( that the messenger ) Muhammad ( pbuh ) ( may be a witness against you ) against the disbelievers and in favour of the believers, ( and that ye may be witnesses against mankind ) in favour of the prophets. ( So establish worship ) perform the five daily prayers, by perfecting their ablutions, bowing, prostration and that which is prescribed in their appointed times, ( pay the poor-due ) from your wealth, ( and hold fast to Allah ) and hold fast to Allah’s religion and Scripture. ( He is your Protecting Friend. A blessed Patron ) Protector ( and a blessed Helper ) Who will defend you!’

And strive hard in Allah's Cause as you ought to strive (with sincerity and with all your efforts that His Name should be superior). He has chosen you (to convey His Message of Islamic Monotheism to mankind by inviting them to His religion, Islam), and has not laid upon you in religion any hardship, it is the religion of your father Ibrahim (Abraham) (Islamic Monotheism). It is He (Allah) Who has named you Muslims both before and in this (the Quran), that the Messenger (Muhammad SAW) may be a witness over you and you be witnesses over mankind! So perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat), give Zakat and hold fast to Allah [i.e. have confidence in Allah, and depend upon Him in all your affairs] He is your Maula (Patron, Lord, etc.), what an Excellent Maula (Patron, Lord, etc.) and what an Excellent Helper!

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