172. Hold fast the book of Allah (Follow His Commandments)

[2:64] And remember the time when We took a covenant from you and raised high above you the Mount, saying: ‘Hold fast that which We have given you and bear in mind what is therein, that you may be saved.’

[43:44] So hold thou fast to that which has been revealed to thee; for thou art on the right path.

[7:145] God said, ‘O Moses, I have chosen thee above the people of thy time by My messages and by My word. So take hold of that which I have given thee and be of the grateful.’ [7:146] And We wrote for him upon the tablets about everything — an admonition and an explanation of all things. ‘So hold them fast and bid thy people follow the best thereof. Soon shall I show you the abode of the transgressors.’

[7:171] And as to those who hold fast by the Book, and observe Prayer, surely We suffer not the reward of such righteous people to perish. [7:172] And when We shook the mountain over them as though it were a covering, and they thought it was going to fall on them, We said, ‘Hold fast that which We have given you, and remember what is therein that you may be saved.’

[19:13] ‘O Yahya, hold fast the Book.’ And We gave him wisdom while yet a child,

[11:113] So stand thou upright, as thou hast been commanded, and also those who have turned to God with thee; and exceed ye not the bounds, O believers; for surely, He sees what you do.

Amjad Tariq Sydney