English Translation of Al-Quran
[30].Surah Ar-Rum [The Romans]
Ayat 30. So set you (O Muhammad SAWW (PBUH) your face towards the religion of pure Islamic Monotheism Hanifa (worship none but Allah Alone) Allah’s Fitrah (i.e. Allah’s Islamic Monotheism), with which He has created mankind. No change let there be in Khalqillah (i.e., the Religion of Allah Islamic Monotheism), that is the straight religion, but most men know not.
Tafseer of Surah Al Rum (The Romans) Ayat 30. So set thou thy face steadily and truly to the Faith: (establish) Allah’s handiwork according to the pattern on which He has made mankind: no change (let there be) in the work (wrought) by Allah. That is the standard Religion: but most amongst mankind understand not. For Hanif see 2:135. Here “true” is used in the sense in which we say, “The magnetic needle is true to the north.” Those who have been privileged to receive the Truth should never hesitate or swerve, but remain constant, as men who know. As turned out from the creative hand of Allah, man is innocent, pure, true, free, inclined to right and virtue, and endued with true understanding about his own position in the Universe and about Allah’s goodness, wisdom, and power. That is his true nature, just as the nature of a lamb is to be gentle and of a horse is to be swift. But man is caught in the meshes of customs, superstitions, selfish desires, and false teaching. This may make him pugnacious, unclean, false, slavish, hankering after what is wrong or forbidden, and deflected from the love of his fellow-men and the pure worship of the One True God (see also 30:41). The problem before spiritual Teachers is to cure this crookedness, and to restore human nature to what it should be under the Will of Allah. In 9:36, Scholars translated al-Din al-qayyim as “straight usage.” Here the meaning is wider, as it includes the whole life, thoughts and desires of man. The “standard Religion,” or the Straight Way is thus contrasted with the various human systems that conflict with each other and call themselves separate “religions” or “sects” (see verse 32 of this Surah coming next few days). Allah’s standard Religion is one, as God is One.
English Translation of Hadith
Hazrat Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah [SAWW](PBUH) said, there is none born but is created to his true nature (Islam). It is his parents who make him a Jew or a Christian (or a Polytheist) or a Magian quite as beasts produce their young with their limbs perfect. Do you see anything deficient in them? Then he quoted the Quran, the nature made by Allah in which He has created men there is no altering of Allah’s creation; that is the right religion”
[Muslim Book 03, Chapter 33, Hadith # 6423].
Lesson : as mentioned above in Surah Ar-Rum [The Romans] Ayat 30. “Allah’s Fitrah (i.e., Allah’s Islamic Monotheism), with which He has created mankind. No change let there be in Khalqillah” This Hadith brings out the following point: Only Allah has a power to guide any to the true path the right path is Knowledge and understanding of Deen (religion) here stands for the understanding of the Qur’an and Hadith, religious injunctions, and knowledge of the lawful and the unlawful.
