"O THOSE WHO BELIEVE, ENTER ISLAM COMPLETELY, AND DO NOT FOLLOW THE FOOTSTEPS OF SATAN. SURELY, FOR YOU, HE IS AN OPEN ENEMY." (SURAH AL-BAQARAH:208)
Part 1
According to Arabic grammar this verse can be translated in two ways, though both meanings are very similar to each other.
The first refers to the condition of the believers while entering Islam, which must be 'complete'. This would mean that their entire person, hands and feet, eyes and ears, feeling and thinking, after having embraced the faith, should all be within the parameters of Islam. What shouldn't happen is that while one may be physically carrying out the injunctions of Islam but he doesn't fully believe in its veracity in his heart and mind, or the other way round that while he has full faith and belief in Islam, what he is doing physically is outside the dictates of Islam.
The second meaning would refer to the perfect and complete state of Islam in which the believer must enter. So 'entering Islam completely' would mean that one must accept all injunctions of Islam, and not only the ones that one happens to like. When one enters Islam one must enter all of its facets, whether they be beliefs (Aqa'id) , acts of worship (Ibadah), financial transactions (Ma'amlaat), way of living (Ma'ashrat), or injunctions related to one's inner self (Ikhlaq). One cannot accept some and reject others.
From Ma'ariful Quran, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi RE
Part 1
According to Arabic grammar this verse can be translated in two ways, though both meanings are very similar to each other.
The first refers to the condition of the believers while entering Islam, which must be 'complete'. This would mean that their entire person, hands and feet, eyes and ears, feeling and thinking, after having embraced the faith, should all be within the parameters of Islam. What shouldn't happen is that while one may be physically carrying out the injunctions of Islam but he doesn't fully believe in its veracity in his heart and mind, or the other way round that while he has full faith and belief in Islam, what he is doing physically is outside the dictates of Islam.
The second meaning would refer to the perfect and complete state of Islam in which the believer must enter. So 'entering Islam completely' would mean that one must accept all injunctions of Islam, and not only the ones that one happens to like. When one enters Islam one must enter all of its facets, whether they be beliefs (Aqa'id) , acts of worship (Ibadah), financial transactions (Ma'amlaat), way of living (Ma'ashrat), or injunctions related to one's inner self (Ikhlaq). One cannot accept some and reject others.
From Ma'ariful Quran, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi RE
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