“(O Prophet and his followers), turn your face single-mindedly to the True Faith and adhere to the true nature on which Allah has created human beings.”
(Al Qur’ān – 30:30)
This ayah refers to the True Faith which the Qur’ān expounds, one whose core is to consecrate one’s service, worship and obedience for God alone, recognising none as an associate in His Divinity, His sovereign authority or His claims against His creatures. This is the faith that requires man to voluntarily commit himself to follow God’s guidance and law in all aspects of his life.
“Turning one’s face single-mindedly to Allah” implies that after one decides to submit to God, one should not turn one’s face in any other direction. Once a person decides to follow this course in his life, he should not pay even scant attention to any other way of life. Once a person opts for Islam, it should guide his thinking, his likes and dislikes. His values and standards should be derived from Islam, his character and conduct too should bear Islam’s stamp, and both his individual and collective life should be subservient to it.
All human beings have been created with that true innate nature which prompts them to believe that the One True God alone is the Creator, the Lord and only object of worship and obedience, requiring them to adhere to that attitude. Should they decide to submit to the authority of any other than the One True God, they would be deviating from the true nature with which they were born.