Thus, “wrong” includes whatever Allah dislikes, just as “right” includes whatever Allah loves. Elsewhere, He said:

“Indeed, prayer restrains one from immorality and wrongdoing.”

He thus mentioned wrongdoing alongside immorality; here, wrongdoing includes oppression. Elsewhere, He said:

“Indeed, Allah commands justice, good conduct, and giving to relatives, and forbids immorality, wrongdoing, and oppression.”

Here He mentioned immorality and oppression alongside wrongdoing. The terms “the poor and the needy” belong to the same category: when either occurs alone, it includes the other; when they occur together, a distinction arises between them. In the former case, however, one term is broader than the other, whereas here they stand in a relation of generality and specificity.

Loving Allah alone, relying upon Him alone, fearing Allah alone, and similar acts all fall within affirming the oneness of Allah Most High. Concerning love, Allah Most High said:

“Yet among people are those who take others besides Allah as equals, loving them as they love Allah. But those who believe are stronger in their love for Allah.”

Allah Most High also said:

“Say, ‘If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your spouses, your relatives, wealth you have acquired, trade whose decline you fear, and homes you cherish are dearer to you than Allah and His Messenger and striving in His cause, then wait until Allah brings about His command.’”

And Allah Most High said:

“Whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger, fears Allah, and is mindful of Him—it is they who will triumph.”

He thus made obedience due to Allah and His Messenger, while making fear and mindfulness due to Allah alone. Allah Most High also said:

“If only they had been content with what Allah and His Messenger had given them and had said, ‘Allah is sufficient for us. Allah will give us out of