of Allah’s signs—then in Allah I put my trust. So resolve upon your course, together with your partners.’” Up to His saying:

“And I have been commanded to be among the Muslims.”

He said concerning Abraham:

“And who would turn away from the religion of Abraham except one who makes a fool of himself?”

Up to His saying:

“When his Lord said to him, ‘Submit,’ he said, ‘I have submitted to the Lord of the worlds.’”

Up to His saying:

“So do not die except as Muslims.”

He said concerning Moses:

“O my people, if you have believed in Allah, then put your trust in Him, if you are Muslims.”

He said in the account of the Messiah:

“And when I inspired the disciples, ‘Believe in Me and in My messenger,’ they said, ‘We believe, so bear witness that we are Muslims.’”

He said concerning the earlier prophets:

“The prophets who submitted to Allah judged by it for the Jews.”

He said concerning Balqīs that she said:

“My Lord, I have indeed wronged myself, and I have submitted, together with Solomon, to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.”

Islam entails submission to Allah alone. Whoever submits to Him and to another associates partners with Him, while whoever does not submit to Him is too proud to worship Him. Both the one who associates partners with Him and the one who is too proud to worship Him are disbelievers. Submission to Him alone entails worshipping Him alone and obeying Him alone.

This, then, is the religion of Islam, and Allah accepts no other. This can only be fulfilled by obeying Him at every time, doing what He has commanded at that time. Thus, if He initially commanded us to face