Quran Universe
10:105

وَأَنۡ أَقِمۡ وَجۡهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفٗا وَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ

Waan aqim wajhaka lilddeeni haneefan wala takoonanna mina almushrikeena

And [commanded], 'Direct your face toward the religion, inclining to truth, and never be of those who associate others with Allah;

Word by word
  1. وَأَنۡAnd that
  2. أَقِمۡDirect
  3. وَجۡهَكَyour face
  4. لِلدِّينِto the religion
  5. حَنِيفٗاupright
  6. وَلَاand (do) not
  7. تَكُونَنَّbe
  8. مِنَof
  9. ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَthe polytheists
Yunus · 10:105Makkah

Set your face straight, toward Him alone.

Being hanif, turned away from partners

The direction
your faceyour whole intention
toward
the religionfor Allah alone
away from
partnersanything shared with Him
What hanif means
mostly for Allaha little for them too
only for Allahturned from all partners

The command continues: direct your face toward the religion, as a hanif. Ibn Kathir explains it as making one's intention in worship solely for Allah. A hanif is one who turns away from associating partners with Allah.

You give in charity and then post about it. You pray at the front so people see. Part of your face is turned to the audience. Straighten it. Do one deed with no audience at all.

As long as I do good deeds, who sees them does not matter much.

Good deeds are meant to face Allah alone, not the crowd.

Try this

Do one good deed today that no one will ever know about.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 10:104)

Say:"O people! If you are in doubt about my religion - I will never worship those whom you worship besides Allah, rather, I will worship Allah, the One Who cause you to die. And I was commanded to be one of the believers (104)And (I was commanded), "Direct your face toward the Hanif (monotheism) religion, and not be one of the idolators. (105)"And do not invoke besides Allah what will not benefit you nor harm you. For if you did, you would certainly be one of the wrongdoers. (106)And if Allah touches you with harm, there is none who can lift it but He. And if He intends good for you, then none can repel His favor which He causes to reach whom He wills among His servants. And He is the Pardoning, the Merciful (107)

The Command to worship Allah Alone and rely upon Him

Allah, the Exalted, says to His Messenger, Muhammad , 'Say: O mankind! If you are in doubt about the correctness of that which I have been sent with the Hanif (monotheism) religion - the religion which Allah has revealed to me – then know that I do not worship those whom you worship besides Allah. Rather, I worship Allah alone, ascribing no partners to Him. He is the One Who causes you to die just as He gives you life. Then, unto Him is your final return. If the gods that you call upon are real, I still refuse to worship them. So call upon them and ask them to harm me, and you will see that they can bring no harm or benefit. The only One Who holds the power of harm and benefit in His Hand is Allah alone, Who has no partners.'

وَأُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

(And I was commanded to be one of the believers.)[10:104] Concerning Allah's statement,

وَأَنْ أَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفًا

(And that you direct your face towards the Hanif religion) This means to make one's intention in worship solely for Allah alone, being a Hanif. Hanif means one who turns away from associating partners with Allah. For this reason Allah says,

وَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

(and not be one of the idolators.) This statement is directly connected with the previous statement,

وَأُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

(And I was commanded to be one of the believers.) Concerning His statement,

وَإِن يَمْسَسْكَ اللَّهُ بِضُرٍّ

(And if Allah touches you with harm,) This verse contains the explanation that good, evil, benefit and harm only come from Allah alone and no one shares with His power over these things. Therefore, He is the One Who deserves to be worshipped alone, without ascription of partners. Concerning His statement,

وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ

(And He is the Pardoning, the Merciful.) This means that He is forgiving and merciful towards those who turn to Him in repentance, regardless of what sin the person has committed. Even if the person associated a partner with Allah, verily Allah would forgive him if he repented from it.