أَفَمَن يَمۡشِي مُكِبًّا عَلَىٰ وَجۡهِهِۦٓ أَهۡدَىٰٓ أَمَّن يَمۡشِي سَوِيًّا عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ ٢٢
Then is one who walks fallen on his face better guided or one who walks erect on a straight path?
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- أَفَمَنThen is he whoafaman
- يَمۡشِيwalksyamshī
- مُكِبًّاfallenmukibban
- عَلَىٰonʿalā
- وَجۡهِهِۦٓhis facewajhihi
- أَهۡدَىٰٓbetter guidedahdā
- أَمَّنor (he) whoamman
- يَمۡشِيwalksyamshī
- سَوِيًّاuprightsawiyyan
- عَلَىٰonʿalā
- صِرَٰطٖ(the) Pathṣirāṭin
- مُّسۡتَقِيمٖStraightmus'taqīmin
Tafsir
So is the one who walks while falling on his face i.e. the idolater more guided, or the believer who walks upright on the straight path?
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran