Allah says: `so set your face and persevere in the religion which Allah has
prescribed for you, the worship of Allah Alone, the religion of Ibrahim, to
which Allah has guided you and which He has perfected for you with the utmost
perfection. In this manner, you will also adhere to the sound Fitrah with which
He created His creation.' Allah created His creation to recognize Him and know
His Tawhid, and that there is no God except Him, as we have already seen when
discussing the Ayah,
[وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ
عَلَى أَنفُسِهِمْ أَلَسْتَ بِرَبِّكُمْ قَالُواْ بَلَى]
(and made them testify as to themselves (saying): "Am I not your Lord'' They
said: "Yes!...'') (7:172). And according to a Hadith, Allah said,
«إِنِّي خَلَقْتُ
عِبَادِي حُنَفَاءَ، فَاجْتَالَتْهُمُ الشَّيَاطِينُ عَنْ دِينِهِم»
("I created my servants Hunafa (i.e., monotheists), then the Shayatin misled
them from their religion.'') We will see in the Hadiths that Allah created His
creation with the Fitrah of Islam, then among some of them there emerged corrupt
religions such as Judaism, Christianity and Zoroastrianism.
[لاَ تَبْدِيلَ
لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ]
(No change let there be in Allah's Khalq,) Some of them said that this means,
`do not change the creation of Allah, for if you do, you will divert the people
away from the Fitrah with which He created them.' So it is instructive; just as
His saying:
[وَمَن دَخَلَهُ
كَانَ ءَامِناً]
(And whoever enters it, he is safe) This is a good and correct
interpretation. Others said that this means, Allah made all of His creation
equal, all of them have the same sound Fitrah and are by nature upright; they
are all born with this nature and there is no disparity among people in this
regard. Ibn `Abbas, Ibrahim An-Nakha`i, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Mujahid, `Ikrimah,
Qatadah, Ad-Dahhak and Ibn Zayd said that the Ayah:
[لاَ تَبْدِيلَ
لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ]
(No change let there be in Allah's Khalq) means, the religion of Allah.
Al-Bukhari said:
[لاَ تَبْدِيلَ
لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ]
(No change let there be in Allah's Khalq,) "It means, the religion of Allah,
and the religion, and the Fitrah is Islam.'' Then he reported that Abu Hurayrah
said, "The Messenger of Allah said:
«مَا مِنْ مَوْلُودٍ
يُولَدُ إِلَّا عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ أَوْ يُنَصِّرَانِهِ
أَوْ يُمَجِّسَانِهِ،كَمَا تُنْتَجُ الْبَهِيمَةُ بَهِيمَةً جَمْعَاءَ، هَلْ
تُحِسُّونَ فِيهَا مِنْ جَدْعَاءَ؟»
(No child is born except in a state of Fitrah, then his parents make him a
Jew or a Christian or a Zoroastrian, just as each animal produces a perfect
animal like itself -- do you see any among them that are born mutilated) then
the narrator (Abu Hurayrah) said (recite this Ayah),
[فِطْرَةَ اللَّهِ
الَّتِى فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا لاَ تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ ذَلِكَ الدِّينُ
الْقَيِّمُ]
(Allah's Fitrah with which He has created mankind. No change let there be in
Allah's Khalq, that is the straight religion.)'' This was also recorded by
Muslim.
[ذلِكَ الدِّينُ
الْقَيِّمُ]
(that is the straight religion,) means, adherence to the Shari`ah and the
sound Fitrah is the true, straight religion.
[وَلَـكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ
النَّاسِ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ]
(but most men know not.) means, most people do not know this and they deviate
far astray from it, as Allah says:
[وَمَآ أَكْثَرُ
النَّاسِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ ]
(And most of mankind will not believe even if you desire it eagerly.)
(12:103)
[وَإِن تُطِعْ
أَكْثَرَ مَن فِى الاٌّرْضِ يُضِلُّوكَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ]
(And if you obey most of those on the earth, they will mislead you far away
from Allah's path) (6:116).
[مُّنِيبِينَ
إِلَيْهِ]
(turning in repentance to Him) Ibn Zayd and Ibn Jurayj said, "This means,
returning to Him.''
[وَاتَّقُوهُ]
(and have Taqwa of Him;) means, fear Him and remember that He is always
watching.
[وَأَقِيمُواْ
الصَّلَوةَ]
(and perform the Salah), which is the greatest act of worship.)
[وَلاَ تَكُونُواْ
مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ]
(and be not of the idolators.) Be of those who single out Allah, devoting
their worship sincerely for Him alone, not anyone or anything other than Him.
Ibn Jarir recorded that Yazid bin Abi Maryam said: "`Umar, may Allah be pleased
with him, passed by Mu`adh bin Jabal and asked, `What is the foundation of this
Ummah' Mu`adh said, `Three things, and they are the things that will bring
salvation: Al-Ikhlas (doing a deed for Allah alone), which is the Fitrah with
which Allah created mankind; Salah, which is the thing that tells a believer
apart from a disbeliever; and obedience, which is protection.' `Umar said: `You
have spoken the truth.
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