وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱلرَّسُولَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ
<h2 class="title">The Command to pray, give the Zakah and obey the Messenger ; the inability of the Disbelievers to escape, and the ultimate Destiny</h2><p>Allah commands His believing servants to establish prayer, which means worshipping Allah Alone with no partner or associate; to pay the Zakah, which is an act of kindness towards His poor and weak creatures; and by doing so to obey the Messenger of Allah , i.e., to do as he commands them and to avoid what he forbids them, so that Allah will have mercy on them for that. No doubt, whoever does that, Allah will have mercy on him, as Allah says in another Ayah:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">أُوْلَـئِكَ سَيَرْحَمُهُمُ اللَّهُ</div><p>(Allah will have His mercy on them) 9:71</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">لاَ تَحْسَبَنَّ</div><p>(Consider not) means, `do not think, O Muhammad,' that:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ</div><p>(the disbelievers) meaning, those who opposed and denied you,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">مُعْجِزِينَ فِى الاٌّرْضِ</div><p>(can escape in the land.) means, that they can flee from Allah. No, Allah is able to deal with them and He will punish them most severely for that. Allah says:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَمَأْوَاهُمُ</div><p>(Their abode) meaning, in the Hereafter,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">النَّارُ وَلَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ</div><p>(shall be the Fire -- and worst indeed is that destination.) means, how terrible the consequences will be for the disbelievers, how evil a place to stay in and how awful a place to rest!</p>
The Command to pray, give the Zakah and obey the Messenger ; the inability of the Disbelievers to escape, and the ultimate DestinyAllah commands His believing servants to establish prayer, which means worshipping Allah Alone with no partner or associate; to pay the Zakah, which is an act of kindness towards His poor and weak creatures; and by doing so to obey the Messenger of Allah , i.e., to do as he commands them and to avoid what he forbids them, so that Allah will have mercy on them for that. No doubt, whoever does that, Allah will have mercy on him, as Allah says in another Ayah:أُوْلَـئِكَ سَيَرْحَمُهُمُ اللَّهُ(Allah will have His mercy on them) 9:71لاَ تَحْسَبَنَّ(Consider not) means, `do not think, O Muhammad,' that:الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ(the disbelievers) meaning, those who opposed and denied you,مُعْجِزِينَ فِى الاٌّرْضِ(can escape in the land.) means, that they can flee from Allah. No, Allah is able to deal with them and He will punish them most severely for that. Allah says:وَمَأْوَاهُمُ(Their abode) meaning, in the Hereafter,النَّارُ وَلَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ(shall be the Fire -- and worst indeed is that destination.) means, how terrible the consequences will be for the disbelievers, how evil a place to stay in and how awful a place to rest!