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Al-An'am 153

Ayah 153 of 165 · Meccan

وَأَنَّ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطِي مُسۡتَقِيمٗا فَٱتَّبِعُوهُۖ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُواْ ٱلسُّبُلَ فَتَفَرَّقَ بِكُمۡ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦۚ ذَٰلِكُمۡ وَصَّىٰكُم بِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَتَّقُونَ ١٥٣

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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَأَنَّAnd thatwa-anna
  2. هَٰذَاthishādhā
  3. صِرَٰطِي(is) My pathṣirāṭī
  4. مُسۡتَقِيمٗاstraightmus'taqīman
  5. فَٱتَّبِعُوهُۖso follow itfa-ittabiʿūhu
  6. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  7. تَتَّبِعُواْfollowtattabiʿū
  8. ٱلسُّبُلَthe (other) pathsl-subula
  9. فَتَفَرَّقَthen they will separatefatafarraqa
  10. بِكُمۡyoubikum
  11. عَنfromʿan
  12. سَبِيلِهِۦۚHis pathsabīlihi
  13. ذَٰلِكُمۡThatdhālikum
  14. وَصَّىٰكُم(He) has enjoined on youwaṣṣākum
  15. بِهِۦ[with it]bihi
  16. لَعَلَّكُمۡso that you maylaʿallakum
  17. تَتَّقُونَbecome righteoustattaqūna

Tafsir

He has prohibited you from following the paths of misguidance. You are required to follow Allah’s straight path, in which there is no crookedness. The paths of misguidance will lead you far away from the path of truth. Allah instructs you to follow the straight path in the hope that you will become mindful of Him by fulfilling His instructions and staying away from His prohibitions.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran