The Holy Quran 2:208 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ فِى ٱلسِّلْمِ كَآفَّةً وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ

Translation

O you who have Imaan! Enter into Islaam (submit to the Shariah) completely (by wholeheartedly and willingly fulfilling all the commands of the Shari'ah) and do not follow in the footsteps of Shaytaan (who will tempt you to pick and choose only those aspects of Islaam that please you) for he is certainly your open enemy (he tempts you to do baseless things and to engage in innovations).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Practise Islam in its entirety and avoid bid'ah: in the previous verse the sincere believer was praised, the purpose of which was to refute hypocrisy. Now it is said: accept Islam completely, that is, outwardly and inwardly, in belief and in practice, follow only the rulings of Islam; it should not be that, on the basis of your own reason or someone else's…

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