فَإِن تَوَلَّيْتُمْ
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But if you turn away,
if you belie the message and turn away from obedience.
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فَمَا سَأَلْتُكُم مِّنْ أَجْرٍ
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then no reward have I asked of you,
I have not asked you anything for my advice.
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إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلاَّ عَلَى اللّهِ وَأُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
My reward is only from Allah. And I have been commanded to be of the Muslims.
I submit to Islam. Islam is the religion of all of the Prophets from the first to the last. Their laws and their rules may be of different types but the religion is the same.
Allah said:
لِكُلٍّ جَعَلْنَا مِنكُمْ شِرْعَةً وَمِنْهَـجاً
To each among you, We have prescribed a law and a clear way. (5:48)
Ibn Abbas said:
"A way and a Sunnah."
Here Nuh is saying:
وَأُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
and I have been commanded to be of the Muslims.
Allah said about His friend, Ibrahim:
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُ رَبُّهُ أَسْلِمْ قَالَ أَسْلَمْتُ لِرَبِّ الْعَـلَمِينَ
وَوَصَّى بِهَأ إِبْرَهِيمُ بَنِيهِ وَيَعْقُوبُ يَـبَنِىَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَى لَكُمُ الدِّينَ فَلَ تَمُوتُنَّ إَلاَّ وَأَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ
When his Lord said to him, "Submit (be a Muslim)!"
He said, "I have submitted myself (as a Muslim) to the Lord of all that exists."
And this was enjoined by Ibrahim upon his sons and by Yaqub (saying), "O my sons! Allah has chosen for you the (true) religion, then die not except as Muslims." (2:131-132)
Yusuf said:
رَبِّ قَدْ اتَيْتَنِى مِنَ الْمُلْكِ وَعَلَّمْتَنِى مِن تَأْوِيلِ الاٌّحَادِيثِ فَاطِرَ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ أَنتَ وَلِىِّ فِى الدُّنُيَا وَالاٌّخِرَةِ تَوَفَّنِى مُسْلِمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِالصَّـلِحِينَ
My Lord! You have indeed bestowed on me of the sovereignty, and taught me something of the interpretation of dreams -- the (Only) Creator of the heavens and the earth! You are my Guardian in this world and in the Hereafter. Cause me to die as a Muslim, and join me with the righteous. (12:101)
Musa said:
يقَوْمِ إِن كُنتُمْ ءامَنْتُمْ بِاللَّهِ فَعَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلُواْ إِن كُنْتُم مُّسْلِمِينَ
O my people! If you have believed in Allah, then put your trust in Him if you are Muslims. (10:84)
The magicians said:
رَبَّنَأ أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَتَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ
Our Lord! pour out on us patience, and cause us to die as Muslims. (7:126)
Bilqis said:
رَبِّ إِنِّى ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِى وَأَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ سُلَيْمَـنَ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَـلَمِينَ
My Lord! Verily, I have wronged myself, and I submit (I have become Muslim) together with Suleiman to Allah, the Lord of all that exists. (27:44)
Allah said:
إِنَّأ أَنزَلْنَا التَّوْرَاةَ فِيهَا هُدًى وَنُورٌ يَحْكُمُ بِهَا النَّبِيُّونَ الَّذِينَ أَسْلَمُواْ
Verily, We did send down the Tawrah, therein was guidance and light, by which the Prophets, judged for the Jews. (5:44)
He also said:
وَإِذْ أَوْحَيْتُ إِلَى الْحَوَارِيِّينَ أَنْ ءَامِنُواْ بِى وَبِرَسُولِى قَالُواْ ءَامَنَّا وَاشْهَدْ بِأَنَّنَا مُسْلِمُونَ
And when I (Allah) inspired Al-Hawariyyin to believe in Me and My Messenger, they said: "We believe. And bear witness that we are Muslims." (5:111)
The last of the Messengers and the leader of mankind said:
قُلْ إِنَّ صَلَتِى وَنُسُكِى وَمَحْيَاىَ وَمَمَاتِى للَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَـلَمِينَ
لااَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَبِذَلِكَ أُمِرْتُ وَأَنَاْ أَوَّلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
Verily, my Salah, my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allah, the Lord of all that exists. He has no partner. And of this I have been commanded, and I am the first of the Muslims. (6:162-163)
meaning, from this Ummah.
He said, in an authentic Hadith:
نَحْنُ مَعْشَرَ الاَْنِبْيَاءِ أَوْلاَدُ عَلَّتٍ وَدِينُنُا وَاحِد
We, the Prophets are brothers with (the same father but) different mothers. Our religion is the same,
meaning, `we should worship Allah alone without partners while having different laws.'
The Evil Goal and End of Criminals
Allah said:
