Islam Guidance

Verse125

(125) وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ دِينًا مِّمَّنْ أَسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُ لله وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ واتَّبَعَ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا وَاتَّخَذَ اللّهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلاً

125. " And who is better in religion than the one who surrenders himself entirely to Allah while he is righteous and follows the creed of Abraham. The upright one? And Allah tok Abraham as a Friend."
Commentary:
In the verse before this verse, the word was upon the fruit of Faith and deed and it implied that merely belonging to a doctrine or a shool of thought has no effect. Yet, in order that no misunderstanding arises from the former discussion, in this verse, the preference of the religion of Islam over all religions has been stated by the following sense:
" And who is better in religion than the one who surrenders himself entirely to Allah while he is righteous and follows the creed of Abraham, the upright one? ..."
In this verse, three things have been considered as the criterion of the best creed:
The first thing is the absolute submission before Allah.

It says:
"... the one who surrenders himself entirely to Allah..."
The second thing is righteousness. The purpouse of that, here, is doing any righteousness by the heart, the tongue, and action.
"... while he is righteous ..."
The third thing is to follow the creed of Abraham, the upright. The verse continues saying:
"... and follows the creed of Abraham, the upright one? ... "
Then, at the end of the verse, it reasons its emphasis on the creed of Abraham as follows:
"... And Allah took Abraham as a Friend. "
According to the Islamic literatures, this rank of Abraham, being choosen as a friend by Allah, was because of: his abundant prostrations, feeding the indigent, his midnight prayers, accepting the problems, and his hospitality.(1)

(1) At-Tafsir-ul-Burahan, vol. 1, p. 417.

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