Likewise, His words, “Indeed, this is My path—straight; so follow it” (al-Anʿām 6:153) encompass everything He has legislated for His servants—things to be done and avoided, beliefs to hold and commands to submit to. In this verse He attributes the path to Himself because He alone has set it up for His servants, just as He attributes it to those upon whom He has bestowed favor in the words, “the path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor” (al-Fātiḥah 1:7), for they are the ones who walk it. Thus the path of those whom Allah has favored—the prophets, the steadfast affirmers of truth, the martyrs, and the righteous—consists of the knowledge, character, qualities, and deeds with which they are endowed.

Likewise, His saying, “and let him associate none in the worship of his Lord” (al-Kahf 18:110) includes every form of worship, both outward and inward, whether connected to creed or to practice.

Similarly, whenever Allah describes His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) with servitude that is linked to Him—such as His words, “Exalted is He who took His servant by night” (al-Isrāʾ 17:1); “If you are in doubt about what We have sent down upon Our servant” (al-Baqarah 2:23); and “Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His servant” (al-Furqān 25:1)—it indicates that the Prophet fulfilled every station of servitude, attaining the highest rank by perfecting them all.

And His saying, “Is not Allah sufficient for His servant?” (al-Zumar 39:36) teaches that the more completely a servant upholds the rights of servitude, the more perfect and comprehensive is Allah’s sufficiency for him; any shortcoming in that servitude will diminish the sufficiency to the same degree.

His words, “Our command is but a single one, like the twinkling of an eye” (al-Qamar 54:50), and “Our only word to a thing, when We intend it, is to say to it, ‘Be,’ and it is” (al-Naḥl 16:40), cover all of His decreed, cosmic commands. Verses of this meaning are abundant in the Qur’an.