Verse 6
The Clear Proof • madinah
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وَمَآ أُمِرُوٓا۟ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ حُنَفَآءَ وَيُقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤْتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ دِينُ ٱلْقَيِّمَةِ
31:33; 40:15.
Commentary:
دین (religion) means obedience; mastery; command; plan; righteousness; habit or custom; behaviour or conduct (Lane & Aqrab). The verse may signify:
(1) They should have rendered full and sincere obedience to Divine commandments.
(2) When they got mastery or ascendancy, they should have devoted all their power and prestige to obtaining God’s pleasure.
(3) All their plans should have been directed towards the achievement of the one supreme object—pleasure of God.
(4) Their fear of God and love for Him should have been completely sincere and honest.
(5) They should have imbibed Divine attributes; and all their friendships and enmities should have been for the sake of God.