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Straight Path

الصِّرَاط الْمُسْتَقِيم

The Straight Path, known in Arabic as *Al-Sirat al-Mustaqim* (الصِّرَاط الْمُسْتَقِيم), is a profound and central concept in Islam, representing the righteous way of life prescribed by Allah. It encompasses true faith, sincere worship, and upright moral conduct, forming the very essence of a believer's journey. Muslims repeatedly implore Allah in their daily prayers, "Guide us to [the] straight path" [1:6], highlighting its paramount importance. This path is not merely a set of rules, but a divine orientation, a means by which [Allah guides whom He wills to a straight path]. It is unequivocally linked to devotion, as Prophet Isa (Jesus) declared, "[Indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is the straight path]." By holding firmly to Allah and His guidance, a believer is [indeed guided to a straight path], leading them [from darknesses into the light]. Following the Straight Path offers peace and success in this life and promises eternal reward in the Hereafter, illuminating the way for those who sincerely seek Allah's pleasure.

The Straight Path, or Al-Sirat al-Mustaqim (الصِّرَاط الْمُسْتَقِيم), is more than a mere concept in Islam; it is the fundamental axis around which a believer's life revolves, guiding them towards divine pleasure and ultimate success. This path, repeatedly invoked in the daily supplication, "Guide us to the straight path", represents a comprehensive way of life rooted in revelation, prophetic guidance, and righteous conduct. It illuminates the distinction between truth and falsehood, demanding conscious adherence and sincere devotion from those who seek Allah's unwavering guidance.

Foundations in Divine Revelation

The concept of the Straight Path is deeply embedded in the very nature of divine communication. The Quran itself is presented as a guidance for the God-fearing, a detailed account for those seeking to follow this path. Ibn Kathir explains that the Quran is "without a doubt revealed from Allah," and its guidance is specifically granted to those who possess Taqwa (fear of Allah). This primordial guidance is not exclusive to the final revelation; Allah sent prophets .

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is unequivocally identified as the guide to , a path that is none other than . The divine message consistently emphasizes monotheism (Tawhid) as the core of this path. Prophet Isa (Jesus), for example, declared, "," a message reiterated elsewhere in the Quran , "and indeed, allah is my lord and your lord, s...](19:36), . This emphasizes that the Straight Path transcends individual prophethoods; it is the singular truth brought by all messengers. Ibn Kathir explains that the claim of Isa's divinity made by Christians is refuted by his created nature, just as Allah created Adam without a father or mother. The message of Tawhid is constant: ."

Prophetic Elaboration and Human Response

The Quran not only defines the Straight Path but also illuminates its practical dimensions through the experiences of prophets and the challenges they faced. Prophets, as elucidated in Tafsir al-Jalalayn, served as "warners of chastisement" for disbelievers and "bearers of good tidings of reward" for believers 11:2. Their lives provided a living embodiment of the Straight Path. For instance, the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ himself was commanded to be steadfast in his adherence, along with his followers: and those who have turned back with you to Allah, and do not transgress]. This Istiqamah (steadfastness) is a profound and difficult virtue. Tafsir al-Qurtubi reports Abu Ali Sirriy asking the Prophet about what made him old, and he replied, "Surah Hud has made me old," attributing this weariness primarily to the verse commanding Istiqamah .

The human response to this divine guidance is diverse. Allah creates humanity, and some of you are disbelievers and some of you are believers. Some individuals are described as ], having their hearts sealed due to their obstinate disbelief, as interpreted by Ma'arif-ul-Quran and Ibn Kathir. Others, however, choose to embrace the path, demonstrating their faith and seeking Allah's pleasure. The story of Nuh (Noah) and his people exemplifies this; after centuries of inviting them to Allah's oneness, none of your people will believe except he who has already believed. This highlights that while Allah guides whom He wills, human agency in accepting or rejecting that guidance is paramount.

The Hadith further clarifies the nature of this path. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ described it using a parable: "Allah has given a parable of the straight path, and on the two sides of this path, there are two walls containing door ways. On these door ways, there are curtains that are lowered down. on the gate of this path there is a caller heralding, 'O people! come and enter the straight path all together and do not divide.' There is also another caller that heralds from above the path, who says when a person wants to remove the curtain on any of these doors, 'Woe to you! Do not open this door, for if you open it, you will enter it. The (straight) path is Islam, the two walls are Allah's set limits, the open doors lead to Allah's prohibitions, the caller on the gate of the path is Allah's Book (the Qur'an), while the caller from above the path is Allah's admonition in the heart of every Muslim." (Tirmidhi, Nasa'i, as cited by Ibn Kathir in Tafsir 6:153). This powerful imagery emphasizes Islam as the singular, divinely ordained path, guarded by Allah's commandments, with temptations and prohibitions lining its sides.

Cultivating Steadfastness and Sincerity

Adhering to the Straight Path requires spiritual fortitude and a consistent inner disposition. The Quran frequently links this path with Taqwa (God-consciousness), emphasizing that true guidance is a special favor reserved for the righteous. Ibn Kathir clarifies that Taqwa entails "fearing Allah's punishment" and "refraining from the transgression of His commandments," while also "hoping in Allah's mercy" 2:2. The Prophet ﷺ said, "The servant will not acquire the status of the Muttaqin until he abandons what is harmless out of fear of falling into that which is harmful" (Tirmidhi, as cited by Ibn Kathir in Tafsir 2:2). This highlights the meticulous self-discipline required.

Central to maintaining this steadfastness are patience (Sabr) and prayer (Salah). Allah instructs believers to seek help through patience and prayer. Sabr, as explained by Ma'arif-ul-Quran, is a comprehensive term encompassing three modes: restraining oneself from the forbidden, being steadfast in obedience, and patiently enduring hardship. Prayer, a "supreme form of worship" (Ma'arif-ul-Quran), is particularly effective in aligning one's heart with divine will. Ibn Kathir notes that prayer is "extremely heavy and hard except for Al-Khashi`in," those who are humble and certain of meeting their Lord 2:46. This inner humility, or Khushu', is defined by Ma'arif-ul-Quran as "a restfulness of heart and humility arising out of the awareness of Allah's majesty and of one's own insignificance," demonstrating the profound spiritual depth required.

Sincerity (Ikhlas) is another indispensable element. True worship must be devoting your religion to Him free of any idolatry. Ma'arif-ul-Quran emphasizes that worship without Ikhlas is not trustworthy, implying that any action not solely for Allah's pleasure is flawed 6:52. This aligns with the Quranic teaching that Allah accepts only from the God-fearing, as illustrated in the story of Habil and Qabil, where Habil's sacrifice was accepted due to his piety while Qabil's was rejected. Ibn Kathir notes that the acceptability of deeds depends on Taqwa 5:28.

Navigating Obstacles and Deviations

The Straight Path is constantly challenged by forces of misguidance, primarily from Satan and human folly. Satan explicitly vowed to , employing various means to mislead humanity, as detailed by Ibn Kathir: "raising doubts... making them more eager for this life, causing them confusion in the religion, and luring them to commit sins." This comprehensive assault requires constant vigilance and seeking refuge in Allah.

Deviations arise from various forms of disbelief (Kufr), polytheism (Shirk), and hypocrisy (Nifaq). Those who choose these paths are described as abandoning guidance for error, like the hypocrites who bought error for guidance. This spiritual blindness renders them unable to perceive the truth, akin to being . The Children of Israel serve as a recurring example, frequently criticized for breaking covenants, altering scripture for worldly gain, and ultimately incurring Allah's wrath 2:41, 5:41, 5:61. Their historical trajectory illustrates the consequences of prioritizing temporal desires over divine commands, leading to humiliation and misery 2:61, 5:112.

The Quran warns against such intellectual and spiritual perversion, stating that most of them follow nothing but conjecture, highlighting the danger of straying from clear proofs. The principle is clear: what is there, after truth, but error?. This leaves no middle ground in matters of fundamental belief, asserting that anything not aligned with divine truth is a deviation (Ma'arif-ul-Quran, Tafsir 10:36).

Rewards and Consequences: The Ultimate Destination

The ultimate purpose of the Straight Path is to achieve salvation and divine pleasure in the Hereafter. For those who believe and do righteous deeds, Allah promises Gardens under which rivers flow, a realm of eternal bliss where they shall abide therein forever. They will experience no fear... nor shall they grieve, a state of perfect peace. This is achieved through sincere belief, adherence to righteous actions, and patience, as Allah Himself declares, Surely, Allah's mercy is (ever) near unto the good-doers.

Conversely, those who reject the Straight Path face severe consequences. Disbelievers are warned of a severe torment in this world and the Hereafter. Their deeds become lost in this world and in the Hereafter, and they will have no helpers against Allah's judgment. The fate of the people of Nuh, Hud, Salih, and Lut serves as a potent reminder that divine punishment overtakes those who persistently disbelieve and transgress 6:6, 11:101, 7:64. The Quran vividly describes their plight in Hell, where Hell shall be their bed and over them coverings of fire, a lasting torment from which there is no escape 5:36. On the Day of Resurrection, their regret will be immense, wishing they could return to do good, but it will be too late 6:28.

The divine reckoning is precise and just, with Allah being the swiftest reckoner. Deeds will be weighed, and none will be wronged 7:9, 10:54. The concept of divine justice ensures that every action, no matter how small, will be accounted for, and the outcome will be directly proportional to one's adherence to or deviation from the Straight Path.

Social and Ethical Imperatives

The Straight Path is not solely an individual journey; it has profound social and ethical implications. The Quran calls believers to help one another in righteousness and piety, and do not help one another in sin and aggression. This principle extends to all interactions, emphasizing justice even with enemies. As elucidated by Ma'arif-ul-Quran, Islam mandates treating friends and foes equally on the scale of justice, never retaliating injustice with counter-injustice 5:2.

Furthermore, the path dictates strict guidelines regarding social loyalties. Muslims are prohibited from forming close friendships (Muwalat) with Jews and Christians who are in opposition to Islam, acknowledging that they are patrons of each other. However, this prohibition does not extend to general benevolence, humane interest, politeness, and commercial dealings with non-Muslims, as long as such interactions do not compromise Islamic distinctiveness or harm the Muslim community 3:28, 5:28. The early Islamic community under Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and the rightly-guided Caliphs exemplified this balance, demonstrating compassion and justice even to their adversaries.

The Straight Path also demands honesty and integrity in all aspects of life, including financial dealings and governance. Practices like bribery (Suht) and corruption are severely condemned, as they undermine justice and societal well-being 5:42. The story of the Jewish tribes altering their laws for personal gain serves as a cautionary tale against manipulating divine injunctions 5:41.

In essence, the Straight Path represents Allah's comprehensive blueprint for human existence, encompassing faith, worship, ethics, and social conduct. It is a singular, illuminated way that guides individuals and communities from darkness to light, promising success and eternal felicity for those who traverse it with sincerity, patience, and unwavering devotion, while warning of severe consequences for those who deviate. Its principles are timeless, offering profound wisdom for spiritual growth and societal harmony.

Quran — 28 verses

صُمٌّۢ بُكْمٌ عُمْىٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ

Summum bukmun 'umyun fahum laa yarji'oon

Deaf, dumb and blind - so they will not return [to the right path].

(یہ) بہرے ہیں، گونگے ہیں، اندھے ہیں کہ (کسی طرح سیدھے رستے کی طرف) لوٹ ہی نہیں سکتے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The last four verses bring out the miserable plight of the hypocrites with the help of two extended similes. The choice of two examples is meant to divide the hypocrites into two kinds of men. On the one hand were those in whom disbelief had taken deep roots, so that they had little inclination towa...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: deaf to the truth so that they cannot hear it and accept it; dumb mute as regards goodness unable to speak of it; and blind to the path of guidance so that they cannot perceive it; they shall not return from error.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Example of the Hypocrites Allah likened the hypocrites when they bought deviation with guidance, thus acquiring utter blindness, to the example of a person who started a fire. When the fire was lit, and illumnitated the surrounding area, the person benefited from it and felt safe. Then the fire ...

كَانَ ٱلنَّاسُ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً فَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ وَأَنزَلَ مَعَهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ فِيمَا ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِيهِ وَمَا ٱخْتَلَفَ فِيهِ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوهُ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتُ بَغْيًۢا بَيْنَهُمْ فَهَدَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لِمَا ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ بِإِذْنِهِۦ وَٱللَّهُ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

Kaanan naasu ummatanw waahidatan fab'asal laahun Nabiyyeena mubashshireena wa munzireena wa anzala ma'ahumul kitaaba bilhaqqi liyahkuma bainan naasi feemakh talafoo feeh; wa makh talafa feehi 'illallazeena ootoohu mim ba'di maa jaaa'athumul baiyinaatu baghyam bainahm fahadal laahul lazeena aamanoo limakh talafoo feehi minal haqqi bi iznih; wallaahu yahdee mai yashaaa'u ilaa Siraatim Mustaqeem

Mankind was [of] one religion [before their deviation]; then Allah sent the prophets as bringers of good tidings and warners and sent down with them the Scripture in truth to judge between the people concerning that in which they differed. And none differed over the Scripture except those who were given it - after the clear proofs came to them - out of jealous animosity among themselves. And Allah guided those who believed to the truth concerning that over which they had differed, by His permission. And Allah guides whom He wills to a straight path.

(پہلے تو سب) لوگوں کا ایک ہی مذہب تھا (لیکن وہ آپس میں اختلاف کرنے لگے) تو خدا نے (ان کی طرف) بشارت دینے والے اور ڈر سنانے والے پیغمبر بھیجے اور ان پر سچائی کے ساتھ کتابیں نازل کیں تاکہ جن امور میں لوگ اختلاف کرتے تھے ان کا ان میں فیصلہ کردے۔ اور اس میں اختلاف بھی انہیں لوگوں نے کیا جن کو کتاب دی گئی تھی باوجود یہ کہ ان کے پاس کھلے ہوئے احکام آچکے تھے (اور یہ اختلاف انہوں نے صرف) آپس کی ضد سے (کیا) تو جس امر حق میں وہ اختلاف کرتے تھے خدا نے اپنی مہربانی سے مومنوں کو اس کی راہ دکھا دی۔ اور خدا جس کو چاہتا ہے سیدھا رستہ دکھا دیتا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Earlier, the real cause of the opposition to truth has been identified as the love of the worldly life. Now, the present verses point out that, all along the lanes of time, Allah has been showing clear signs to establish the true faith, yet the seekers of the mundane benefits have been working again...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: People were one community in faith but they fell into disagreement and some believed while others disbelieved; then God sent forth the prophets to them as bearers of good tidings of Paradise for the believers and warners of the Fire for the disbelievers; and He revealed with them the Scripture meani...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Disputing, after the Clear Signs have come, indicates Deviation Ibn Jarir reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "There were ten generations between Adam and Nuh, all of them on the religion of Truth. They later disputed so Allah sent the Prophets as warners and bringers of glad tidings." He then said that ...

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّى وَرَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ

Innal laaha Rabbee wa Rabbukum fa'budooh; haazaa Siraatum Mustaqeem

Indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is the straight path."

کچھ شک نہیں کہ خدا ہی میرا اور تمہارا پروردگار ہے تو اسی کی عبادت کرو یہی سیدھا رستہ ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: 1. Verse 48 recounts the august virtues of Sayyidna ` Isa (علیہ السلام) who would be born blessed with the honour of learning from Allah: Scriptures, Wisdom and specially the توراۃ Torah and the اِنجیل Injil; and that he will be sent as a Messenger of Allah to all of the Children of Isra` il. 2. The...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Surely God is my Lord and your Lord so worship Him. This that which I enjoin upon you is a straight path’. But they rejected him and did not believe in him.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Description of `Isa and the Miracles He Performed Allah states that the good news brought to Maryam about `Isa was even better because Allah would teach him, الْكِتَـبَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ (the Book and Al-Hikmah). It appears that the `Book' the Ayah mentioned here refers to writing. We explained the ...

وَكَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ وَأَنتُمْ تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ ءَايَٰتُ ٱللَّهِ وَفِيكُمْ رَسُولُهُۥ وَمَن يَعْتَصِم بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدْ هُدِىَ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

Wa kaifa takfuroona wa antum tutlaa 'alaikum Aayaatul laahi wa feekum Rasooluh; wa mai ya'tasim baillaahi faqad hudiya ilaa Siraatim Mustaqeem

And how could you disbelieve while to you are being recited the verses of Allah and among you is His Messenger? And whoever holds firmly to Allah has [indeed] been guided to a straight path.

اور تم کیونکر کفر کرو گے جبکہ تم کو خدا کی آیتیں پڑھ پڑھ کر سنائی جاتی ہیں اور تم میں اس کے پیغمبر موجود ہیں اور جس نے خدا (کی ہدایت کی رسی) کو مضبوط پکڑ لیا وہ سیدھے رستے لگ گیا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary Several verses earlier, the text was dealing with the people of the Book, their false beliefs and their doubts. Then, appeared the mention of بیت اللہ Baytullah and Hajj. Now once again, the people of the Book are the addressees. These verses relate to a particular event. There was a Jew,...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: How can you disbelieve this is an interrogative of amazement and rebuke while you have God’s verses recited to you and His Messenger is in your midst? Whoever holds fast to clings to God he is guided to a straight path.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Warning Muslims Against Imitating People of the Scriptures Allah warns His believing servants against obeying the People of the Book, who envy the believers for the favor that Allah gave them by sending His Messenger . Similarly, Allah said, وَدَّ كَثِيرٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَـبِ لَوْ يَرُدُّونَكُم م...

يَهْدِى بِهِ ٱللَّهُ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ رِضْوَٰنَهُۥ سُبُلَ ٱلسَّلَٰمِ وَيُخْرِجُهُم مِّنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ بِإِذْنِهِۦ وَيَهْدِيهِمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

Yahdee bihil laahu manit taba'a ridwaanahoo subulas salaami wa yukhrijuhum minaz zulumaati ilan noori bi iznihee wa yahdeehim ilaa Siraatim Mustaqeem

By which Allah guides those who pursue His pleasure to the ways of peace and brings them out from darknesses into the light, by His permission, and guides them to a straight path.

جس سے خدا اپنی رضا پر چلنے والوں کو نجات کے رستے دکھاتا ہے اور اپنے حکم سے اندھیرے میں سے نکال کر روشنی کی طرف لے جاتا اور ان کو سیدھے رستہ پر چلاتا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary Refuted here in this verse is only one saying of the Christians - which is the belief of a sect among them - that Sayyidna Masih (علیہ السلام) is God. But, the argument employed in the refutation virtually covers the false beliefs of all sects against the inalienable principle of Tauhid, ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: whereby that is the Book by which God guides whoever follows His good pleasure by believing to the ways of peace the paths of safety and brings them forth from the shadows from unbelief into the light into belief by His leave by His will and He guides them to a straight path the religion of Islam.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Explaining the Truth Through the Messenger and the Qur'an Allah states that He sent His Messenger Muhammad ﷺ with the guidance and the religion of truth to all the people of the earth, the Arabs and non-Arabs, lettered and unlettered. Allah also states that He sent Muhammad with clear evidences and...

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا صُمٌّ وَبُكْمٌ فِى ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ مَن يَشَإِ ٱللَّهُ يُضْلِلْهُ وَمَن يَشَأْ يَجْعَلْهُ عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

Wallazeena kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa summunw wa bukmun fiz zulumaat; mai yasha il laahu yudlilh; wa mai yashaa yaj'alhu 'alaa Siraatim Mustaqeem

But those who deny Our verses are deaf and dumb within darknesses. Whomever Allah wills - He leaves astray; and whomever He wills - He puts him on a straight path.

اور جن لوگوں نے ہماری آیتوں کو جھٹلایا وہ بہرے اور گونگے ہیں (اس کے علاوہ) اندھیرے میں (پڑے ہوئے) جس کو خدا چاہے گمراہ کردے اور جسے چاہے سیدھے رستے پر چلا دے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The sixth verse (38): وَمَا مِن دَابَّةٍ (there is no creature moving …) tells us that, on the day of Qiyamah, animals will also be given life along with human beings. Following a narration of Sayyidna Abu Hurairah ؓ ، it has been reported by Ibn Jarir, Ibn Abi Hatim and Baihaqi that, on the day of ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And those who deny Our signs the Qur’ān are deaf to hearing them in such a way so as to accept them and dumb unable to utter truth in darkness in unbelief. He whom God wills to send astray He sends astray and whom He wills to guide He sets him on a straight path a straight road the religion of Islam...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Idolators Ask for a Miracle Allah states that the idolators used to proclaim, "Why does not (Muhammad) bring an Ayah from his Lord," meaning, a miracle of their choice! They would sometimes say, لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّى تَفْجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ الاٌّرْضِ يَنْبُوعًا ("We shall not believe in you, unt...

وَأَنَّ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطِى مُسْتَقِيمًا فَٱتَّبِعُوهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ ٱلسُّبُلَ فَتَفَرَّقَ بِكُمْ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ ذَٰلِكُمْ وَصَّىٰكُم بِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

Wa annna haazaa Siraatee mustaqeeman fattabi'oohu wa laa tattabi'us subula fatafarraqa bikum 'an sabeelih; zaalikum wassaakum bihee la'allakum tattaqoon

And, [moreover], this is My path, which is straight, so follow it; and do not follow [other] ways, for you will be separated from His way. This has He instructed you that you may become righteous.

اور یہ کہ میرا سیدھا رستہ یہی ہے تو تم اسی پر چلنا اور اور رستوں پر نہ چلنا کہ (ان پر چل کر) خدا کے رستے سے الگ ہو جاؤ گے ان باتوں کا خدا تمہیں حکم دیتا ہے تاکہ تم پرہیزگار بنو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Sixth Prohibition : Eating up the Property of the Orphan by False Means About the unlawfulness of devouring the property of the orphan by false means - the sixth command given in the second verse (152) - it was said: وَلَا تَقْرَ‌بُوا مَالَ الْيَتِيمِ إِلَّا بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ حَتَّىٰ يَبْل...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And that read anna with lām of li-anna ‘because’ being implied or inna as beginning a new sentence this that I have charged you with is My straight path mustaqīman ‘straight’ is a circumstantial qualifier so follow it; and do not follow other ways paths opposed to it lest it separate you tafarraqa o...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Imam Ahmad, Ibn Majah, in the Book of the Sunnah in his Sunan, and Al-Bazzar collected this Hadith. Ibn Jarir recorded that a man asked Ibn Mas`ud, "What is As-Sirat Al-Mustaqim (the straight path)" Ibn Mas`ud replied, "Muhammad ﷺ left us at its lower end and its other end is in Paradise. To the rig...

قُلْ إِنَّنِى هَدَىٰنِى رَبِّىٓ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ دِينًا قِيَمًا مِّلَّةَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

Qul innanee hadaanee Rabbeee ilaa Siraatim Mustaqeemin deenan qiyamam Millata Ibraaheema haneefaa; wa maa kaana minal mushrikeen

Say, "Indeed, my Lord has guided me to a straight path - a correct religion - the way of Abraham, inclining toward truth. And he was not among those who associated others with Allah."

کہہ دو کہ مجھے میرے پروردگار نے سیدھا رستہ دکھا دیا ہے (یعنی دین صحیح) مذہب ابراہیم کا جو ایک (خدا) ہی کی طرف کے تھے اور مشرکوں میں سے نہ تھے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary These are the last five verses of Surah Al-An'am. It will be recalled from previous verses how people had altered the true religion through a process of excess and deficiency, making many more out of it, and had themselves split into factions and groups. In contrast, the first three of th...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Say ‘As for me my Lord has guided me to a straight path ilā sirātin mustaqīm is substituted by the following dīnan qiyaman a right religion an upright one the creed of Abraham a hanīf; and he was not of the idolaters’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Islam is the Straight Path Allah commands His Prophet , the chief of the Messengers, to convey the news of being guided to Allah's straight path. This path is neither wicked, nor deviant, دِينًا قِيَمًا (a right religion...) that is, established on firm grounds, مِلَّةَ إِبْرَهِيمَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا كَ...

قَالَ فَبِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ صِرَٰطَكَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ

Qaala fabimaaa aghway tanee la aq'udanna lahum Siraatakal Mustaqeem

[Satan] said, "Because You have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them on Your straight path.

(پھر) شیطان نے کہا مجھے تو تُو نے ملعون کیا ہی ہے میں بھی تیرے سیدھے رستے پر ان (کو گمراہ کرنے) کے لیے بیٹھوں گا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary The event relating to Sayyidna 'Adam (علیہ السلام) and the Shaytan has appeared earlier in Section four of Surah Al-Baqarah (Ma` ariful-Qur'an, English Translation, under verse 34). Some aspects of the subject have been covered in comments given there. Answers to some others are being giv...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Said he ‘Now because You have sent me astray fa-bi-mā aghwaytanī means bi-ighwā’ik ‘for Your sending me astray’ the bā’ is for oaths and the response of the oath is the following verily I shall sit in ambush for them that is for the Children of Adam on Your straight path that is on the path that lea...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): إِلَى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ (till the Day they are raised up (resurrected)) and Iblis was sure that he got what he wanted, he went on in defiance and rebellion. He said, فَبِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لأَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ صِرَطَكَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ ("Because You have `Aghwaytani', surely, I will sit in wait against...

وَٱللَّهُ يَدْعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ دَارِ ٱلسَّلَٰمِ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

Wallaahu yad'ooo ilaa daaris salaami wa yahdee mai yashaaa'u ilaa Siraatim Mustaqeem

And Allah invites to the Home of Peace and guides whom He wills to a straight path

اور خدا سلامتی کے گھر کی طرف بلاتا ہے۔ اور جس کو چاہتا ہے سیدھا راستہ دکھاتا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary In the previous verse (24), the transitory nature of worldly life was likened to a field. Water came from the heavens and it became verdant with flowers and fruits and crops. Growers were happy to presume that this will take care of everything they needed. But, because of their acts of di...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And God summons to the Abode of Peace that is the Abode of security which is Paradise by summoning people to faith and He guides whomever He wills that he be guided to a straight path the religion of Islam.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Parable of this Life Allah the Almighty has set an example of the similitude of the life of this world, its glitter and the swiftness of its passage, likening it to the plant and vegetation that Allah brings out from the earth. This plant grows from the water that comes down from the sky. These ...

إِنِّى تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ رَبِّى وَرَبِّكُم مَّا مِن دَآبَّةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ ءَاخِذٌۢ بِنَاصِيَتِهَآ إِنَّ رَبِّى عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

Innee tawakkaltu 'alallaahi Rabbee wa Rabbikum; maa min daaabbatin illaa Huwa aakhizum binaasiyatihaa; inna Rabbee 'alaa Siraatim mustaqeem

Indeed, I have relied upon Allah, my Lord and your Lord. There is no creature but that He holds its forelock. Indeed, my Lord is on a path [that is] straight."

میں خدا پر جو میرا اور تمہارا (سب کا) پروردگار ہے، بھروسہ رکھتا ہوں (زمین پر) جو چلنے پھرنے والا ہے وہ اس کو چوٹی سے پکڑے ہوئے ہے۔ بےشک میرا پروردگار سیدھے رستے پر ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: After that, the next eight verses (61-68) carry the story of Sayyidna Salih peace be upon him. He was sent to the people of Thamud, another branch of the tribe of ` Ad. He too invited his people to believe in Tauhid, the Oneness of Allah. As customary, his people belied him and insisted that he must...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Truly I have put my trust in God my Lord and your Lord; there is no mā min min is extra creature no living thing that treads upon this earth but He takes it by the forelock that is but He is its possessor and subjugator so that no benefit or harm occurs except by His permission — the forelock is spe...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Conversation between (the People of) `Ad and Hud Allah, the Exalted, informs that they said to their Prophet, مَا جِئْتَنَا بِبَيِّنَةٍ (No evidence have you brought us.) This means that they claimed that Hud had not brought them any proof or evidence for what he claimed. وَمَا نَحْنُ بِتَارِكِى...

فَٱسْتَقِمْ كَمَآ أُمِرْتَ وَمَن تَابَ مَعَكَ وَلَا تَطْغَوْا۟ إِنَّهُۥ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

Fastaqim kamaaa umirta wa man taaba ma'aka wa laa tatghaw; innahoo bimaa ta'maloona Baseer

So remain on a right course as you have been commanded, [you] and those who have turned back with you [to Allah], and do not transgress. Indeed, He is Seeing of what you do.

سو (اے پیغمبر) جیسا تم کو حکم ہوتا ہے (اس پر) تم اور جو لوگ تمہارے ساتھ تائب ہوئے ہیں قائم رہو۔ اور حد سے تجاوز نہ کرنا۔ وہ تمہارے سب اعمال کو دیکھ رہا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary Events relating to past prophets and their peoples, from Sayyidna Nuh (علیہ السلام) to Sayyidna Musa, have been mentioned in Surah Hud in a fair enough order and detail with many wise counsels, injunctions and directives. At the end of the description of these events, it is by ad-dressing...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So remain upright acting in accordance with the commandment of your Lord and supplicating Him as you have been commanded and let him also remain upright he who repents who believes with you; and do not transgress do not overstep the bounds of God. Truly He sees what you do and will requite you for i...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command to Stand Firm and Straight Allah, the Exalted, commands His Messenger and His believing servants to be firm and to always be upright. This is of the greatest aid for gaining victory over the enemy and confronting the opposition. Allah also forbids transgression, which is to exceed the bo...

قَالَ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ عَلَىَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ

Qaala haaza Siraatun 'alaiya Mustaqeem

[Allah] said, "This is a path [of return] to Me [that is] straight.

(خدا نے) فرمایا کہ مجھ تک (پہنچنے کا) یہی سیدھا رستہ ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Command to Prostrate was Given to Angels - Iblis was to Follow Suit Addressing Iblis in Surah Al-A` raf, it was said: مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْ‌تُكَ (What stopped you from prostrating when I ordered you? - 7:12). This shows that the command to prostrate was given, along with the a...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He God exalted be He said ‘This is a straight path leading to Me
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Threat of Iblis to tempt Mankind, and Allah's Promise of Hell for him Allah informed about the rebellion and arrogance of Iblis, in that he said to the Lord: بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى (Because You misled me,) i.e., because You misled me and misguided me. لأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ (I shall indeed adorn the ...

وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ قَصْدُ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَمِنْهَا جَآئِرٌ وَلَوْ شَآءَ لَهَدَىٰكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Wa 'alal laahi qasdus sabeeli wa minhaa jaaa'ir; wa law shaaa'a lahadaakum ajma'een

And upon Allah is the direction of the [right] way, and among the various paths are those deviating. And if He willed, He could have guided you all.

اور سیدھا رستہ تو خدا تک جا پہنچتا ہے۔ اور بعض رستے ٹیڑھے ہیں (وہ اس تک نہیں پہنچتے) اور اگر وہ چاہتا تو تم سب کو سیدھے رستے پر چلا دیتا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary Presented in the previous verses was a description of the great blessings of Allah Ta` ala as rational proof of His Oneness. This description of Divine blessings continues later on as well. In between these two, the present verse (9) has been introduced parenthetically for the purpose of ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And God’s is the direction of the way that is to point out the straight path and some of them that is the paths are deviant swerving away from straightness. And had He willed to guide you He would have guided you to seek the way all so that you would be rightly guided of your own choice.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Explanation of the Different Religious Paths When Allah mentioned the animals which may be used for the purpose of physical journeys, He also referred to the moral, religious routes that people may follow. Often in the Qur'an there is a shift from physical or tangible things to beneficial spiritual ...

شَاكِرًا لِّأَنْعُمِهِ ٱجْتَبَىٰهُ وَهَدَىٰهُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

Shaakiral li an'umih; ijtabaahu wa hadaahu ilaa Siraatim Muustaqeem

[He was] grateful for His favors. Allah chose him and guided him to a straight path.

اس کی نعمتوں کے شکرگزار تھے۔ خدا نے ان کو برگزیدہ کیا تھا اور (اپنی) سیدھی راہ پر چلایا تھا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Sequence of Verses Refuted in the previous verses was the root of Shirk and Kufr which is rejection of the reality of Allah's Oneness and the rejection of the mandate given by Him to His prophet. Also refuted there were some off-shoots of Kufr and Shirk in the form of legalizing the illegal and ille...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: grateful as he was for His graces He chose him elected him and guided him to a straight path.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): He selected him, as Allah says : وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَآ إِبْرَهِيمَ رُشْدَهُ مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا بِهِ عَـلِمِينَ (And before, We indeed gave Ibrahim his integrity, and We were indeed most knowledgeable about him)(21:51). Then Allah says: وَهَدَاهُ إِلَى صِرَطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ (and guided him to a straight...

وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّى وَرَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ

Wa innal laaha Rabbee wa Rabbukum fa'budooh; haazaa Siraatum Mustaqeem

[Jesus said], "And indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path."

اور بےشک خدا ہی میرا اور تمہارا پروردگار ہے تو اسی کی عبادت کرو۔ یہی سیدھا رستہ ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary ذَٰلِكَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْ‌يَمَ "This is ` Isa, the son of Maryam." - 19:34. The beliefs of the Jews and the Christians about Sayyidna ` Isa (علیہ السلام) were on such opposite extremes that the Christians exalted him to such a level of reverence that they regarded him as the son of Allah....
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And indeed God is my Lord and your Lord. So worship Him read the introductory particle as anna with an implicit preceding udhkur ‘mention’; or read it as inna with an implicit preceding qul ‘say’ a reading indicated by the fact that God says elsewhere ‘I only said to them that which You commanded me...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): `Isa is the Servant of Allah and not His Son Allah, the Exalted, says to His Messenger Muhammad ﷺ, `This is the story which We have related to you about `Isa,' upon him be peace. قَوْلَ الْحَقِّ الَّذِى فِيهِ يَمْتُرُونَ ((It is) a statement of truth about which they doubt.) lThis means that the peo...

وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ فَيُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَتُخْبِتَ لَهُۥ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهَادِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

Wa liya'lamal lazeena ootul 'ilma annahul haqqu mir Rabbika fa yu'minoo bihee fatukhbita ahoo quloobuhum; wa innal laaha lahaadil lazeena aamanoo ilaa Siraatim Mustaqeem

And so those who were given knowledge may know that it is the truth from your Lord and [therefore] believe in it, and their hearts humbly submit to it. And indeed is Allah the Guide of those who have believed to a straight path.

اور یہ بھی غرض ہے کہ جن لوگوں کو علم عطا ہوا ہے وہ جان لیں کہ وہ (یعنی وحی) تمہارے پروردگار کی طرف سے حق ہے تو وہ اس پر ایمان لائیں اور ان کے دل خدا کے آگے عاجزی کریں۔ اور جو لوگ ایمان لائے ہیں خدا ان کو سیدھے رستے کی طرف ہدایت کرتا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary مِن رَّ‌سُولٍ وَلَا نَبِيٍّ (any messenger and any prophet - 22:52) This shows that the words Rasul رَّ‌سُولٍ and Nabi carry different meanings, though there is no consensus as to the precise nature of the difference. For our purpose it is enough to understand that Nabi نَبِيٍّ is a perso...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And that those who have been given knowledge of God’s Oneness and the Qur’ān may know that it the Qur’ān is the truth from your Lord so that they may believe therein and their hearts may find reassurance in it. And assuredly God guides those who believe to a straight path a straight route namely the...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): How the Shaytan threw some Falsehood into the Words of the Messengers, and how Allah abolished At this point many of the scholars of Tafsir mentioned the story of the Gharaniq and how many of those who had migrated to Ethiopia came back when they thought that the idolators of the Quraysh had become ...

لَّقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ ءَايَٰتٍ مُّبَيِّنَٰتٍ وَٱللَّهُ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

Laqad anzalnaaa Aayaatim mubaiyinaat; wallaahu yahdee mai yashaaa'u ilaa Siraatim Mustaqeem

We have certainly sent down distinct verses. And Allah guides whom He wills to a straight path.

ہم ہی نے روشن آیتیں نازل کیں ہیں اور خدا جس کو چاہتا ہے سیدھے رستے کی طرف ہدایات کرتا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِن جِبَالٍ فِيهَا From the sky mountains (of clouds) having hail in them - 43. Here the word سَمَاء is purported for clouds, and Jibal جِبَالٍ (mountains) for big masses of clouds, while hails are called Barad.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And verily We have revealed manifest signs namely the Qur’ān; and God guides whomever He will to a straight path a straight route and that is the religion of Islam.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): وَاللَّهُ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ (And Allah guides whom He wills to the Straight Path.)

وَيَرَى ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ هُوَ ٱلْحَقَّ وَيَهْدِىٓ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ

Wa yaral lazeena utul 'Ilmal lazeee unzila ilaika mir Rabbika huwal haqqa wa yahdeee ilaaa siraatil 'Azeezil Hameed

And those who have been given knowledge see that what is revealed to you from your Lord is the truth, and it guides to the path of the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy.

اور جن لوگوں کو علم دیا گیا ہے وہ جانتے ہیں کہ جو (قرآن) تمہارے پروردگار کی طرف سے تم پر نازل ہوا ہے وہ حق ہے۔ اور (خدائے) غالب اور سزاوار تعریف کا رستہ بتاتا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Verse 6: وَيَرَ‌ى الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ (34:6) talks about believers in contrast with those who denied the coming of the Qiyamah. The former had put their faith in it and became the beneficiaries of the knowledge given by Allah Ta’ ala to the Holy Prophet ﷺ by revelation.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And those who have been given knowledge — the believers from among the People of the Scripture such as ‘Abd Allāh b. Salām and his companions — see they know that what has been revealed to you from your Lord that is the Qur’ān is the decisive truth and that it guides to the path the way of the Might...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Hour will come so that each Person will be rewarded or punished in accordance with His Deeds This is one of three Ayat -- there is no fourth -- where Allah commands His Messenger to swear by His Almighty Lord that the resurrection will surely come, because the stubborn followers of disbelief den...

وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ رُوحًا مِّنْ أَمْرِنَا مَا كُنتَ تَدْرِى مَا ٱلْكِتَٰبُ وَلَا ٱلْإِيمَٰنُ وَلَٰكِن جَعَلْنَٰهُ نُورًا نَّهْدِى بِهِۦ مَن نَّشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا وَإِنَّكَ لَتَهْدِىٓ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

Wa kazaalika awhainaaa ilaika rooham min amrinaa; maa kunta tadree mal Kitaabu wa lal eemaanu wa laakin ja'alnaahu nooran nahdee bihee man nashaaa'u min 'ibaadinaa; wa innaka latahdeee ilaaa Siraatim Mustaqeem

And thus We have revealed to you an inspiration of Our command. You did not know what is the Book or [what is] faith, but We have made it a light by which We guide whom We will of Our servants. And indeed, [O Muhammad], you guide to a straight path -

اور اسی طرح ہم نے اپنے حکم سے تمہاری طرف روح القدس کے ذریعے سے (قرآن) بھیجا ہے۔ تم نہ تو کتاب کو جانتے تھے اور نہ ایمان کو۔ لیکن ہم نے اس کو نور بنایا ہے کہ اس سے ہم اپنے بندوں میں سے جس کو چاہتے ہیں ہدایت کرتے ہیں۔ اور بےشک (اے محمدﷺ) تم سیدھا رستہ دکھاتے ہو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: مَا كُنتَ تَدْرِ‌ي مَا الْكِتَابُ وَلَا الْإِيمَانُ وَلَـٰكِن (You did not know earlier what is the Book or what is "Iman', but We have made it a light with which We guide whomsoever we will from among Our slaves - 42:52). This verse is a complement of the subject of the first verse. The gist is tha...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And thus in the same way that We have revealed to messengers other than you have We revealed to you O Muhammad (s) a Spirit namely the Qur’ān by which hearts are revived from Our command that command which We reveal to you. You did not know before revelation came to you what the Book was what the Qu...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): How the Revelation comes down This refers to how Allah sends revelation. Sometimes He casts something into the heart of the Prophet , and he has no doubt that it is from Allah, as it was reported in Sahih Ibn Hibban that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «إِنَّ رُوْحَ الْقُدُسِ نَفَثَ فِي رُوعِي أَنَّ ...

صِرَٰطِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَلَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ تَصِيرُ ٱلْأُمُورُ

Siraatil laahil lazee lahoo maa fis samaawaati wa maa fil ard; alaaa ilal laahi taseerul umoor

The path of Allah, to whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Unquestionably, to Allah do [all] matters evolve.

(یعنی) خدا کا رستہ جو آسمانوں اور زمین کی سب چیزوں کا مالک ہے۔ دیکھو سب کام خدا کی طرف رجوع ہوں گے (اور وہی ان میں فیصلہ کرے گا)

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: مَا كُنتَ تَدْرِ‌ي مَا الْكِتَابُ وَلَا الْإِيمَانُ وَلَـٰكِن (You did not know earlier what is the Book or what is "Iman', but We have made it a light with which We guide whomsoever we will from among Our slaves - 42:52). This verse is a complement of the subject of the first verse. The gist is tha...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: the path of God to Whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth as possessions creatures and servants. Surely with God all matters end their journey all matters return.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): How the Revelation comes down This refers to how Allah sends revelation. Sometimes He casts something into the heart of the Prophet , and he has no doubt that it is from Allah, as it was reported in Sahih Ibn Hibban that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «إِنَّ رُوْحَ الْقُدُسِ نَفَثَ فِي رُوعِي أَنَّ ...

فَٱسْتَمْسِكْ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْكَ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

Fastamsik billazeee oohi ya ilaika innaka 'alaa Siraatim Mustaqeem

So adhere to that which is revealed to you. Indeed, you are on a straight path.

پس تمہاری طرف جو وحی کی گئی ہے اس کو مضبوط پکڑے رہو۔ بےشک تم سیدھے رستے پر ہو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَلَن يَنفَعَكُمُ الْيَوْمَ ('Since you were wrongdoers, it will never benefit you today that you are sharing the punishment with each other.'...43:39) There can be two explanations of this verse. One is that since your 'kufr' and 'shirk' (disbelief and ascribing partners to Allah) has been proved, ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So hold fast to that which has been revealed to you namely the Qur’ān; surely you are on a straight path a straight way.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Shaytan is the Companion of the One Who turns away from Ar-Rahman وَمَن يَعْشُ (And whosoever Ya`shu (turns away blindly)) means, whoever willfully ignores and turns away عَن ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمَـنِ (from the remembrance of the Most Gracious,) Al-`Asha (the root of Ya`sh) refers to weakness of visio...

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَعِلْمٌ لِّلسَّاعَةِ فَلَا تَمْتَرُنَّ بِهَا وَٱتَّبِعُونِ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ

Wa innahoo la'ilmul lis Saa'ati fala tamtarunna bihaa wattabi'oon; haazaa Siraatum Mustaqeem

And indeed, Jesus will be [a sign for] knowledge of the Hour, so be not in doubt of it, and follow Me. This is a straight path.

اور وہ قیامت کی نشانی ہیں۔ تو (کہہ دو کہ لوگو) اس میں شک نہ کرو اور میرے پیچھے چلو۔ یہی سیدھا رستہ ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَإِنَّهُ لَعِلْمٌ لِّلسَّاعَةِ (And he (Isa علیہ السلام) is a source of knowledge of the Hour [ the day of judgment ] - 43:61). This verse has been explained in two different ways. One is that Sayyidna ` Isa (علیہ السلام) being born without a father is a proof to the fact that Allah Almighty can cr...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And indeed he that is Jesus is a portent of the Hour — the arrival of it is known by the sending down of him — so do not doubt it tamtarunna the indicative nūn has been omitted for apocopation together with the wāw of the third person plural on account of two unvowelled consonants coming together bu...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Contempt of the Quraysh for the son of Maryam, and His true Status with Allah Allah tells us how the Quraysh persisted in their disbelief and stubborn arguments: وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلاً إِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّونَ (And when the son of Maryam is quoted as an example, behold, y...

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ رَبِّى وَرَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ

Innal laaha Huwa Rabbee wa Rabbukum fa'budooh; haaza Siraatum Mustaqeem

Indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path."

کچھ شک نہیں کہ خدا ہی میرا اور تمہارا پروردگار ہے پس اسی کی عبادت کرو۔ یہی سیدھا رستہ ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَلِأُبَيِّنَ لَكُم بَعْضَ الَّذِي تَخْتَلِفُونَ فِيهِ (and to explain to you some of those matters in which you differ...43:63) Since Bana Isra'il were drowned in arrogance and obstinacy, they had tampered with the Divine laws. Sayyidna ` Isa (علیہ السلام) disclosed the reality of such distortions....
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Assuredly God is my Lord and your Lord; so worship Him — that is a straight path’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Contempt of the Quraysh for the son of Maryam, and His true Status with Allah Allah tells us how the Quraysh persisted in their disbelief and stubborn arguments: وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلاً إِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّونَ (And when the son of Maryam is quoted as an example, behold, y...

لِّيَغْفِرَ لَكَ ٱللَّهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِن ذَنۢبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ وَيُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُۥ عَلَيْكَ وَيَهْدِيَكَ صِرَٰطًا مُّسْتَقِيمًا

Liyaghfira lakal laahu maa taqaddama min zambika wa maa ta akhkhara wa yutimma ni'matahoo 'alaika wa yahdiyaka siraatam mustaqeema

That Allah may forgive for you what preceded of your sin and what will follow and complete His favor upon you and guide you to a straight path

تاکہ خدا تمہارے اگلے اور پچھلے گناہ بخش دے اور تم پر اپنی نعمت پوری کردے اور تمہیں سیدھے رستے چلائے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Analysis of Verses لِّيَغْفِرَ‌ لَكَ اللَّـهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِن ذَنبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ‌ (so that Allah may forgive you of your previous and subsequent faults...." - 48:2). If the particle "lam" (translated above as 'so that' ) is taken to be for "ta'lil", it indicates the purpose for which, and the...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: that God may forgive you by virtue of your struggle what is past of your sin and what is to come of it so that your community might then desire to struggle like you — this verse also constitutes a justification of the concept of the infallibility ‘isma of prophets peace be upon them against sin by w...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Al-Madinah The Merit of Surah Al-Fath Imam Ahmad recorded from `Abdullah bin Mughaffal, who said that Allah's Messenger ﷺ recited Surah Al-Fath on the (day) of the conquest of Makkah, riding on his she-camel. He recited it in a vibrating and pleasant tone. Mu`awiyah (a subnarra...

أَفَمَن يَمْشِى مُكِبًّا عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِۦٓ أَهْدَىٰٓ أَمَّن يَمْشِى سَوِيًّا عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

Afamai yamshee mukibban 'alaa wajhihee ahdaaa ammany yamshee sawiyyan 'alaa siratim mustaqeem

Then is one who walks fallen on his face better guided or one who walks erect on a straight path?

بھلا جو شخص چلتا ہوا منہ کے بل گر پڑتا ہے وہ سیدھے رستے پر ہے یا وہ جو سیدھے رستے پر برابر چل رہا ہو؟

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: أَفَمَن يَمْشِي مُكِبًّا عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِ أَهْدَىٰ أَمَّن يَمْشِي سَوِيًّا عَلَىٰ صِرَ‌اطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ (Then, tell me whether the one who walks falling down [ frequently ] on his face is better guided or the one who walks on a straight path...67:22). The phrase 'the one who walks on a straight path'...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Is he who walks cast down fallen on his face more rightly guided or he who walks upright on a straight path? the predicate of the second man ‘who’ has been omitted but is indicated by the predicate of the first namely ahdā ‘more rightly guided’; the similitude refers to the believer and the disbelie...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): No One will help You and No One can grant Sustenance except for Allah Allah addresses the idolators who worship others besides Him, seeking help and sustenance from them. Allah rebukes them for what they believe, and He informs them that they will not attain that which they hope for. Allah says, أَم...

إِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦ تَذْكِرَةٌ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا

Inna haazihee tazkiratun fa man shaaa'at takhaza ilaa rabbihee sabeela

Indeed, this is a reminder, so he who wills may take to his Lord a way.

یہ تو نصیحت ہے۔ جو چاہے اپنے پروردگار کی طرف پہنچنے کا رستہ اختیار کرے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: اِنَّ هٰذَا كَانَ لَكُمْ جَزَاۗءً وَّكَانَ سَعْيُكُمْ مَّشْكُوْرًا ([ It will be said to them,] This is a reward for you, and your effort has been appreciated....76:22). Allah will address the inmates of Paradise once they have entered Paradise, and will announce to them that the amazing bounties ar...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: This sūra is indeed a reminder an admonition for all creatures. Let him who will then choose a way to his Lord a path through obedience.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Mention of the Qur'an's Revelation and the Command to be Patient and remember Allah Allah reminds His Messenger of how He blessed him by revealing the Magnificent Qur'an to him. فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ (Therefore be patient with constancy to the command of your Lord.,) meaning, `just as you have ...

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

Liman shaaa'a minkum ai yastaqeem

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

(یعنی) اس کے لیے جو تم میں سے سیدھی چال چلنا چاہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَ‌سُولٍ كَرِ‌يمٍ ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْ‌شِ مَكِينٍ (it [ the Qur'an ] is surely the word of a noble messenger [ Jibra'il ], the one possessing power and a high status with the Lord of the Throne...81:19-20). This is the subject of oath that affirms that Qur'an is the word br...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: for those of you who li-man shā’a minkum is a substitution for li’l-‘ālamīna ‘for all worlds’ using the same preposition wish to go straight by following the truth;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Explanation of the Words Al-Khunnas and Al-Kunnas Muslim recorded in his Sahih, and An-Nasa'i in his Book of Tafsir, in explaining this Ayah, from `Amr bin Hurayth that he said, "I prayed the Morning prayer behind the Prophet , and I heard him reciting, فَلاَ أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ - الْجَوَارِ ا...
Hadith — 2 traditions
Sahih al-Bukhari 96:14sahih

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ هَمَّامٍ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ، قَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْقُرَّاءِ اسْتَقِيمُوا فَقَدْ سُبِقْتُمْ سَبْقًا بَعِيدًا فَإِنْ أَخَذْتُمْ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالاً، لَقَدْ ضَلَلْتُمْ ضَلاَلاً بَعِيدًا‏.‏

Narrated Hammam:Hudhaifa said, "O the Group of Al-Qurra! Follow the straight path, for then you have taken a great lead (and will be the leaders), but if you divert right or left, then you will go astray far away

ہم سے ابونعیم فضل بن دکین نے بیان کیا، کہا ہم سے سفیان ثوری نے بیان کیا، ان سے اعمش نے، ان سے ابراہیمی نے، ان سے ہمام نے اور ان سے حذیفہ رضی اللہ عنہ نے کہا کہ اے قرآن و حدیث پڑھنے والو! تم اگر قرآن و حدیث پر نہ جمو گے، ادھر ادھر دائیں بائیں راستہ لو گے تو بھی گمراہ ہو گے بہت ہی بڑے گمراہ۔

Sahih Muslim 48:105sahih

وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ إِدْرِيسَ - أَخْبَرَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ قَالَ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْهُدَى وَالسَّدَادَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ بِمِثْلِهِ ‏.‏

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Asim b. Kulaib with the same chain of transmitters that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me:Say:" O Allah, I beg of Thee righteousness and adhering to the straight path

ابن نمیر نے کہا : ہمیں عبداللہ بن ادریس نے حدیث بیان کی ، انہوں نے کہا : ہمیں عاصم بن کلیب نے اسی سند کے ساتھ خبر دی ( کہ حضرت علی رضی اللہ عنہ نے ) کہا : رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے مجھ سے فرمایا : " ( اے علی! یہ ) کہو : اے اللہ! میں تجھ سے ہدایت اور راستی کا سوال کرتا ہوں ۔ " پھر اسی کے مانند بیان کیا ۔

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