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Al-Ma'idah 16

Ayah 16 of 120 · Medinan

يَهۡدِي بِهِ ٱللَّهُ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ رِضۡوَٰنَهُۥ سُبُلَ ٱلسَّلَٰمِ وَيُخۡرِجُهُم مِّنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ بِإِذۡنِهِۦ وَيَهۡدِيهِمۡ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ ١٦

By which Allāh guides those who pursue His pleasure to the ways of peace1 and brings them out from darknesses into the light, by His permission, and guides them to a straight path.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., security, well-being, integrity and escape from Hellfire. Literally, "freedom from all evil."

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَهۡدِيGuidesyahdī
  2. بِهِwith itbihi
  3. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  4. مَنِ(those) whomani
  5. ٱتَّبَعَseekittabaʿa
  6. رِضۡوَٰنَهُۥHis pleasureriḍ'wānahu
  7. سُبُلَ(to the) wayssubula
  8. ٱلسَّلَٰمِ(of) the peacel-salāmi
  9. وَيُخۡرِجُهُمand brings them outwayukh'rijuhum
  10. مِّنَfrommina
  11. ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِthe darknessessl-ẓulumāti
  12. إِلَىtoilā
  13. ٱلنُّورِthe lightl-nūri
  14. بِإِذۡنِهِۦby His permissionbi-idh'nihi
  15. وَيَهۡدِيهِمۡand guides themwayahdīhim
  16. إِلَىٰtoilā
  17. صِرَٰطٖ(the) wayṣirāṭin
  18. مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ(the) straightmus'taqīmin

Tafsir

By this Book, Allah guides the person who follows faith and does good actions, which please Him, to the paths of safety from Allah’s punishment. These are the paths that lead to Paradise. He removes them from the darkness of disbelief and disobedience to the light of faith and obedience, and He guides them to the straight path: the path of Islam.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran