وَجَاهِدُوا فِي اللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهَادِهِ هُوَ اجْتَبَاكُمْ وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ مِّلَّةَ أَبِيكُمْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ هُوَ سَمَّاكُمُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِن قَبْلُ وَفِي هَذَا لِيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ شَهِيدًا عَلَيْكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِاللَّهِ هُوَ مَوْلَاكُمْ فَنِعْمَ الْمَوْلَى وَنِعْمَ النَّصِيرُ
And wage jihad for the sake of Allah, a jihad which is worthy of Him. He has chosen you and has not placed for you any obstacle in the religion, the faith of your father, Abraham. He named you ‘Muslims’ before, and in this, so that the Apostle may be a witness to you, and that you may be witnesses to mankind. So maintain the prayer, give the zakat, and hold fast to Allah. He is your master—an excellent master and an excellent helper.
Agha Ali Puya Commentary
Commentary on Quran 22:78
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 22:78] Refer to the commentary of al Baqarah: 128, 143; Ali Imran: 68; Ma-idah: 3 and Ibrahim : 35 to 41. Strive as a believer for spiritual good and truth in all paths, to the maximum, to please Allah and His prophet. The religion of Allah, which Ibrahim followed, is Islam-complete submission to the will of Allah. Ibrahim, the first man to call himself a Muslim (Baqarah: 128), is the great ancestor of the Holy Prophet and his Ahl ul Bayt. The religion of Allah, Islam, was perfected and completed through the Holy Prophet. See commentary of al Ma-idah: 5 and 67. The witness over mankind should be thoroughly purified, therefore Allah thoroughly purified the Ahl ul Bayt of the Holy Prophet in verse 33 of Al Ahzab, because He willed to appoint them as witnesses over all the human beings He has created and will create. The Holy Prophet is a witness over these thoroughly purified witnesses. At the revelation of this verse the Holy Prophet said: "Only thirteen men have been addressed in this verse. Myself, my brother Ali, and the eleven Imams in his progeny." (Umdatul Bayan). Aqa Mahdi Puya says: "O you who believe" in verse 77 and "you be witnesses for mankind" in this verse have been addressed to those of the descendants of Ibrahim referred to in Baqarah: 124 and 128 and in his prayer (Ibrahim: 35 to 41), who never worshipped a ghayrallah (other than Allah)-see commentary of al Baqarah : 124. The Holy Prophet and his Ahl ul Bayt identified in the verse of mubahila (Ali Imran: 61) are the descendants of Ibrahim.