And strive for Allāh with the striving due to Him. He has chosen you and has not placed upon you in the religion any difficulty. [It is] the religion of your father, Abraham. He [i.e., Allāh] named you "Muslims" before [in former scriptures] and in this [revelation] that the Messenger may be a witness over you and you may be witnesses over the people. So establish prayer and give zakāh and hold fast to Allāh. He is your protector; and excellent is the protector, and excellent is the helper.
جِهَادِهِۦۚ(with the) striving due (to) Himjihādihi
هُوَHehuwa
ٱجۡتَبَىٰكُمۡ(has) chosen youij'tabākum
وَمَاand notwamā
جَعَلَplacedjaʿala
عَلَيۡكُمۡupon youʿalaykum
فِيinfī
ٱلدِّينِthe religionl-dīni
مِنۡanymin
حَرَجٖۚdifficultyḥarajin
مِّلَّةَ(The) religionmillata
أَبِيكُمۡ(of) your fatherabīkum
إِبۡرَٰهِيمَۚIbrahimib'rāhīma
هُوَHehuwa
سَمَّىٰكُمُnamed yousammākumu
ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَMuslimsl-mus'limīna
مِنbeforemin
قَبۡلُbeforeqablu
وَفِيand inwafī
هَٰذَاthishādhā
لِيَكُونَthat may beliyakūna
ٱلرَّسُولُthe Messengerl-rasūlu
شَهِيدًاa witnessshahīdan
عَلَيۡكُمۡover youʿalaykum
وَتَكُونُواْand you may bewatakūnū
شُهَدَآءَwitnessesshuhadāa
عَلَىonʿalā
ٱلنَّاسِۚthe mankindl-nāsi
فَأَقِيمُواْSo establishfa-aqīmū
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَthe prayerl-ṣalata
وَءَاتُواْand givewaātū
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَzakahl-zakata
وَٱعۡتَصِمُواْand hold fastwa-iʿ'taṣimū
بِٱللَّهِto Allahbil-lahi
هُوَHehuwa
مَوۡلَىٰكُمۡۖ(is) your Protector mawlākum
فَنِعۡمَso an Excellentfaniʿ'ma
ٱلۡمَوۡلَىٰ[the] Protectorl-mawlā
وَنِعۡمَand an Excellentwaniʿ'ma
ٱلنَّصِيرُ[the] Helperl-naṣīru
Tafsir
And strive in the path of Allah sincerely for His pleasure. He has selected you and made your religion a religion of kindness, in which there is no oppression and extremism. This tolerant creed is the creed of your forefather Abraham (peace be upon him). Allah has named you ‘Muslims’ in the previous books and in the Qur’ān, so that the Messenger can be a witness against you in that he conveyed the message he was commanded to convey, and so that you yourselves can be witnesses against the previous nations in that their messengers also conveyed their messages respectively. So show gratitude to Allah upon that by performing prayer as perfectly as possible, giving Zakat from your wealth, seeking refuge in Allah and relying upon Him in all your matters, for He is the best protector for those believers who seek His protection, and the best of helpers for those of them who seek His help. So seek His protection, He will protect you, and seek His help, He will help you.