The Misguided ones make religion difficult, the religion of Allah is easy

Struggle for Allah with the struggle due to Him. He has selected you and not placed any constraint upon you in the religion – the religion of your forefather Ibrahim. He named you Muslims before and also in this, so that the Messenger could be witness against you and you could be witnesses against all mankind. So establish prayer and pay alms and hold fast to Allah. He is your Protector – the Best Protector, the Best Helper. (Surat al-Hajj, 78)

… They invented monasticism – We did not prescribe it for them – purely out of desire to gain the pleasure of Allah,but even so they did not observe it as it should have been observed. To those of them who had faith We gave their reward but many of them are deviators. (Surat al-Hadid, 27)

We have made the Qur’an easy to remember.But is there any rememberer there? (Surat al-Kamar, 17)

We will ease you to the Easy Way.

Remind, then, if the reminder benefits. (Surat al-A’la, 8-9)

As for him who gives out and has taqwa and confirms the good,

We will pave his way to Ease. (Surat al-Layl, 5-7)

The month of Ramadan … the Qur’an was sent down as guidance for mankind, with Clear Signs containing guidance and discrimination. Any of you who are resident for the month should fast it. But any of you who are ill or on a journey should fast a number of other days.Allah desires ease for you; He does not desire difficulty for you. You should complete the number of days and proclaim Allah’s greatness for the guidance He has given you so that hopefully you will be thankful. (Surat al-Baqara, 185)

Perform the hajj and ‘umra for Allah. If you are forcibly prevented, make whatever sacrifice is feasible. …  (Surat al-Baqara, 196)

But as for him who believes and acts rightly, he will receive the best of rewards and we will issue a command, making things easy for him.’ (Surat Al-Kahf, 88)

We have made it easy in your own tongueso that hopefully they will pay heed. (Surat Ad-Dukhan, 58)

Your Lord knows that you stay up nearly two-thirds of the night – or half of it, or a third of it – and a group of those with you. Allah determines the night and day. He knows you will not keep count of it, so He has turned towards you. Recite as much of the Qur’an as is easy for you. He knows that some of you are ill and that others are travelling in the land seeking Allah’s bounty, and that others are fighting in the Way of Allah. So recite as much of it as is easy for you. And establish prayer and pay alms and lend a generous loan to Allah. Whatever good you send ahead for yourselves you will find it with Allah as something better and as a greater reward. And seek forgiveness from Allah. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (Surat al-Muzzammil, 20)

You who believe! do not ask about matters which, if they were made known to you, would make things difficult for you. If you do ask about them when the Qur’an is being sent down, they will be made known to you. Allah has ignored them. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, All-Forbearing. People before you asked about them and then later came to reject them. (Surat al-Ma’ida, 101-102)

Hypocrites lie and try to distort and complicate Allah’s easy religion with their tongues

You who believe! do not make unlawful the good things Allah has made lawful for you, and do not overstep the limits. Allah does not love people who overstep the limits. (Surat al-Ma’ida, 87)

Do not sayabout what your lying tongues describe: ‘This is lawful and this is unlawful,’inventing lies against Allah. Those who invent lies against Allah are not successful. (Surat an-Nahl, 116)

Say: ‘What do you think about the things Allah has sent down to you as provision which you have then designated as lawful and unlawful?’ Say: ‘Has Allah given you authority to do this or are you inventing lies against Allah?’ (Surah Yunus, 59)

What is the matter with you that you do not eat that over which the name of Allah has been mentioned, when He has made clear to you what He has made unlawful for you except when you are forced to eat it? Many people lead others astray through their whims and desires without having any knowledge. Your Lord knows best those who overstep the limits. (Surat al-An’am, 119)

Indeed is the sincere religion not Allah’s alone? If people take protectors besides Him –‘We only worship them so that they may bring us nearer to Allah’ – Allah will judge between them regarding the things about which they differed. Allah does not guide anyone who is an ungrateful liar. (Surat az-Zumar, 3)

Among them is a group who distort the Book with their tongues so that you think it is from the Book when it is not from the Book. They say, ‘It is from Allah,’ but it is not from Allah. They tell a lie against Allah and they know it. (Surah Al ‘Imran, 78)

Those who associate others with Allah will say, ‘If Allah had willed we would not have associated anything with Him, nor would our fathers; nor would we have made anything unlawful.’ In the same way the people before them also lied until they felt Our violent force. Say: ‘Do you have some knowledge you can produce for us? You are following nothing but conjecture. You are only guessing.’ (Surat al-An’am, 148)

Hypocrites are insistent on their pedant and superstitious religion, they do not like the true religion the Prophet (saas) followed (the true religion is beyond this)

And when the hypocrites and those with sickness in their hearts said, ‘These people (Muslims) have been deluded by their religion.’ But those who put their trust in Allah will find Allah to be Almighty, All-Wise.  (Suratal-Anfal, 49)

Their leaders went off saying, ‘Carry on as you are! Hold fast to your gods. This is clearly something planned. We have not heard of this in the old religion. This is merely something contrived. (Surah Sad, 6-7)

But when Moses brought them Our Clear Signs they said, ‘This is nothing but trumped-up magic. We never heard anything like this among our earlier forefathers.’  (Suratal-Qasas, 36)

They said, ‘Have you come to us to make us worship Allah alone and abandon what our fathers used to worship? Then bring us what you have promised us if you are telling the truth.’  (Suratal-A’raf, 70)

They said, ‘Have you come to us to turn us from what we found our fathers doing, and to gain greatness in the land? We do not believe you.’ (Surah Yunus, 78)

They said, ‘Saleh, we had great hopes in you before this happened. Do you forbid us to worship what our fathers worshipped? We have grave doubts about what you are calling us to.’ (Surah Hud, 62)

When they are told, ‘Follow what Allah has sent down to you,’ They say, ‘We are following what we found our fathers doing.’ What, even though their fathers did not understand a thing and were not guided!  (SuratAl-Baqara, 170)

When they are told, ‘Come to what Allah has sent down and to the Messenger,’ they say,‘What we found our fathers doing is enough for us.’ What! Even if their fathers did not know anything and were not guided!  (SuratAl-Ma’ida, 104)

Whenever they commit an indecent act, they say, ‘We found our fathers doing it and Allah commanded us to do it too.’ Say: ‘Allah does not command indecency. Do you say things about Allah you do not know?’ (SuratAl-A’raf, 28)

 

They said, ‘Jethro, do your prayers instruct you that we should abandon what our fathers worshipped or stop doing whatever we want to with our wealth? You are clearly the forbearing, the rightly-guided!’  (Surah Hud, 87)

The ruling circle of those of his people who were unbelievers said, ‘This is nothing but a human being like yourselves who simply wants to gain ascendancy over you. If Allah had wanted He would have sent angels down. We never heard of anything like this among our ancestors, the earlier peoples.’ (Suratal-Muminun, 24)

When they are told: ‘Follow what Allah has sent down,’ they say, ‘No, we will follow what we found our fathers doing.’ What! Even if satan is calling them to the punishment of the Blazing Fire?  (Surah Luqman, 21)