Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah
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Enjoining right and forbidding wrong is that with which Allah sent the
revealed books, and with it He sent His messengers, and it is an
integral part of the way (i.e. the deen). The message of Allah is
composed of informative and directive parts. As for the informative, it
is Allah informing us about Himself, such as tauhid (theology), or His
informing us about His creation, such as the stories of previous peoples
and Prophets in which are contained for us lessons, threats and
promises. The directive part consists of commands to do, commands not to
do, and things left to our choice and discretion. Thus, it has been
mentioned in the hadith that the chapter of the Qur’an which starts out:
[Say: He is Allah, the One…] is equal to one third of the Qur’an,
because of its including the third of tauhid. The Qur’an consists of
tauhid, commands, and historical events.
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