Surah An Nur Tafseer

The Command to pray, give the Zakah and obey the Messenger; the inability of the Disbelievers to escape, and the ultimate Destiny

Allah commands;

وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَأةَ وَاتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

And perform the Salah, and give the Zakah and obey the Messenger that you may receive mercy.

Allah commands His believing servants

to establish prayer, which means worshipping Allah Alone with no partner or associate;

to pay the Zakah, which is an act of kindness towards His poor and weak creatures;

and by doing so to obey the Messenger of Allah , i.e., to do as he commands them and to avoid what he forbids them, so that Allah will have mercy on them for that.

No doubt, whoever does that, Allah will have mercy on him, as Allah says in another Ayah:

أُوْلَـيِكَ سَيَرْحَمُهُمُ اللَّهُ

Allah will have His mercy on them. (9:71