Then you perform prayer and do sacrifice for your Lord alone.
As explained in verses 2: 152 and 3: 190–191, prayer with the soul can be done always, that is, while walking, sitting, and lying. By commanding sacrifice along with prayer, it is meant to be ready to sacrifice anything in the way of Allah that He has given, remembering the readiness of the Messenger Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ismael as explained in verses 37: 102–107. Only such believers will become Muslims who submit all to the Lord. Since there is no group of believers anywhere in the world, there is no sacrifice of cattle in the way of Allah. Instead of sacrificing cattle, which are praying to the Lord and praising and glorifying Him, today the righteous deed is ranching cattle and encouraging and helping others to do so. See explanation 22: 77–78; 37; 39: 33–34; and 84: 25.
In the period when there was no group of believers, the mode of prayer of the Messenger Muhammad at Mecca was a single prolonged prostration as explained in verses 7: 205–206 and 96: 14–19. The character of all Messengers, prophets, and the guided ones is described in verse 19: 58: when the verses of the Impartial were explained to them, they fell into prostration while weeping. As told in verse 22: 18, upon the Arabic Qur’an Reading Fujjar who do not perform this single prolonged prostration, but perform swift prostration in their “Swalath,” the heinous punishment of Fire is applicable. See explanation 2: 165–167; 7: 8–9; and 14: 28–30.