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Ar-Rum 43

Ayah 43 of 60 · Meccan

فَأَقِمۡ وَجۡهَكَ لِلدِّينِ ٱلۡقَيِّمِ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن يَأۡتِيَ يَوۡمٞ لَّا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱللَّهِۖ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَصَّدَّعُونَ ٤٣

So direct your face [i.e., self] toward the correct religion before a Day comes from Allāh of which there is no repelling. That Day, they will be divided.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Into those destined for Paradise and those destined for Hell.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَأَقِمۡSo setfa-aqim
  2. وَجۡهَكَyour facewajhaka
  3. لِلدِّينِto the religionlilddīni
  4. ٱلۡقَيِّمِrightl-qayimi
  5. مِنbeforemin
  6. قَبۡلِbeforeqabli
  7. أَن[that]an
  8. يَأۡتِيَcomesyatiya
  9. يَوۡمٞa Dayyawmun
  10. لَّاnotlā
  11. مَرَدَّ(can be) avertedmaradda
  12. لَهُۥ[it]lahu
  13. مِنَfrommina
  14. ٱللَّهِۖAllahl-lahi
  15. يَوۡمَئِذٖThat Dayyawma-idhin
  16. يَصَّدَّعُونَthey will be dividedyaṣṣaddaʿūna

Tafsir

O Messenger! Turn your face in the direction of the correct religion of Islam in which there is no deviation, before the Day of Judgment comes. When it comes, there will be no one to prevent it, and on that day people will be divided: one group shall be pampered in paradise, while the other shall be punished in the hellfire.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran