[05] Surah Al-Ma'idah [The Table Spread With Food]
Ayat 35. O you who believe! Do your duty to Allah and fear Him. Seek the means of approach to Him, and strive hard in His Cause as much as you can. So that you may be successful.
Tafseer of Surah Al Ma'idah Ayat 35. O ye who believe! Do your duty to Allah, seek the means of approach unto Him, and strive with might and main in his cause: that ye may prosper. Taqwa here too might be translated "fear of Allah", but the very next clause shows that "fear of Allah" does not mean "fear" in the ordinary sense, which would make you avoid the object of fear. On the contrary the "fear of Allah" is the intense desire to avoid everything that is against His Will and Law. It is in fact duty to Allah, for we are told to seek ardently the means by which we may approach Him, and that can only be done by striving with might and main for His cause. "Prosper" in the spiritual sense, for that is all that matters, as the life of this world is brief and fleeting, and of small account as against Eternity.
English Translation of Hadith
Hazrat Ibn `Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: Messenger of Allah 
[SAWW](PBUH) said, "One who withdraws his hand from obedience (to the Amir or Jammat) will find no argument (in his defense) when he stands before Allah on the Day of Resurrection; and one who dies without having sworn allegiance will die the death of one belonging to the Days of Ignorance.''
[Muslim Book 20, Chapter 13, Hadith # 4562].
Another narration in Sahih Muslim is: The Messenger of Allah 
[SAWW](PBUH) said, "He who dies having defected from obedience (to the Amir or Jammat) and discards his association with the main body of the (Muslim) community, dies the death of one belonging to the Days of Jahiliyyah.''
Lesson: as mentioned above in Surah Al-Ma'idah Ayat 35. O you who believe! Do your duty to Allah and fear Him. Seek the means of approach to Him, and strive hard in His Cause as much as you can. So that you may be successful. To do your duty for Allah as per Sunnah of His Messenger 
[SAWW](PBUH) and strive hard in His Cause as much as you can to implement law describe by Allah (SWT) on one self, his or her home, family and then whole nation also as per Sunnah this cannot be done alone and one must abide join and follow Jammat of Pious Muslim who follow teaching of Quran and Sunnah as it should be also this Hadith crystallizes the parameters of the Muslim subjects' obedience to Allah his Messenger and true followers as their Ameer and Jammat. The honour of the latter is bound up with their surrender to the Command of Allah and His Messenger 
[SAWW](PBUH). Otherwise, apart from the torment in the Hereafter, they will also be subjected to humiliation in this world, it is binding upon Muslims to show obedience to the Amir & Jammat and to join forces with the Muslim Community to give allegiance to him as long as he does not call to a sin. Also it is very clear from this Hadith that both the Amir or ruler and the ruled have their own respective obligations. If any of the two sides fails to play its due role, it will bear the brunt of its deficiency on the Final Day. Yet, people are debarred from disobeying a ruler who neglects to do what is required of him. Negligence is not rectifiable by negligence as it will make matters worse. To endure the high-handedness of a ruler in view of the overall national interest, is therefore, preferable to revolting against him. True, one cannot take the law into one's own hands, yet there always remains room for improvement and positive criticism. To make use of it within limits and to make efforts for the enforcement of the canonical discipline will not be deemed as an uprising. Indeed, this will be deemed, to some extent, binding on everybody.
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