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Ibn Al-Jawzi reports that

has been claimed abrogated. Some said by

and others said by


This what Ibn Al-Jawzi wrote about it,

The argument is the same as in the case of 64:16/3:102 and like that case, there is no abrogation here either. The words "as struggling for Him ought to be" is not an impossible task. God would not require Muslims to do the impossible. What the words mean is to struggle seriously, persistently and to the best of our ability and for the correct cause.

I would argue here the same way I argued in the case that you referred to. The wording is "the true way struggling for Him should be." I don't wish to get political in this project, but you probably have a good guess about what ways for struggling for Him nowadays are not the true ways.

The true way is an excellent translation.

For:
Ibn Hazm Al-Andalusi and An-Nahhaas (according to Al-Khazraji),
Ibn Salaama,
Ibn Al-Baarizi,
Abu-Abdillah Shu`la,
Al-Khazraji.
P.S. Dr. Abdullah Al-Husayni interpreted Aş-Şa`di's opinion as approval of this claim, but the man did not say that. He said, "It was said...and God knows best."

Against:
Ibn Al-Jawzi (implied),
An-Nahhaas and Makki (according to Al-Khazraji and quoted by Dr. Faaris),
Dr. Mustafa Zayd,
Dr. Az-Zalmi.