《古兰经》是从天上降示给穆罕默德ﷺ——真主的使者——的，使他借助它建立国家、组建共同体、组织社会、培养心智与良知，并确立道德价值。《古兰经》还要规定穆斯林社群内部运行的纽带，也要界定穆斯林国家可能具有的国际关系。所有这些都应紧密结合在一起，使其各部分构成一个融贯的整体，源自同一个来源，并归于同一个权威。事实上，这正是宗教的本质，即真主所规定、穆斯林在他们真正成为穆斯林的时代所践行的宗教。

The Qur’ān was bestowed from on high to Muĥammad, God’s Messenger, so that he might, by means of it, establish a state, bring a community into being, organise a society, cultivate minds and consciences and set moral values. The Qur’ān was also to set the bonds that would operate within the Muslim community, as also define the international relations the Muslim state might have. All these were to be firmly joined together, so that all their parts would form one coherent whole, stemming from a single source and referring to a single authority. This is, in fact, the nature of religion, as defined by God and practised by Muslims in the days when they were indeed truly Muslims.

因此,我们在本章中发现,正如在它之前的三章长篇经文中所见,有一系列主题相互关联,其主要目标是《古兰经》降示所要实现的:即在信仰所确立的明确概念基础上建立社会秩序。这一概念在其全部法律、价值、标准和生活准则上都仰望真主,并主张一切神性、主宰权和权威都唯独属于真主。

Hence, we find in this sūrah, as we found in the three long ones preceding it, a whole host of topics interlinked by the main goal the Qur’ān was revealed to achieve, namely, social organisation on the basis of a well-defined concept formulated by faith. Such a concept looks up to God for all its laws, values, standards and code of living and maintains that all Godhead, Lordship and authority belong to God alone.