Literally means to ‘Enjoin what is right/good.’ An alternative translation is ‘Command what is just.’
This phrase is present in multiple Qurʾānic verses, such as 3:104 and 3:110, alongside its opposite which is ‘Forbid what is wrong/evil.’
Al-Amr bil maʿrūf forms one of the ten Furu’ ad-Din – the Branches of the Islamic Teachings.
