یٰۤاَیُّهَا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَ ابْتَغُوْۤا اِلَیْهِ الْوَسِیْلَةَ وَ جَاهِدُوْا فِیْ سَبِیْلِهٖ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُوْنَ(۳۵)(سورۃ المائدہ)
Translation
O you who have believed! Fear Allah and seek the means [of nearness] to Him and strive in His cause that you may succeed. (35) (Asan Tarjuma Quran)
By "Waseelah" (means) here is meant every righteous deed that can become a source of gaining Allah the Almighty's pleasure, and the purpose is that you should make righteous deeds a means to attain closeness to Allah the Almighty. (Asan Tarjuma Quran)
The literal meaning of "Jihad" is to strive and struggle; in Quranic terminology, it generally means fighting enemies to seek the pleasure of Allah the Almighty; but sometimes every kind of effort to practice the religion is also called Jihad, and here both meanings can be intended. (Asan Tarjuma Quran)
