Surah Ar-Rum Ayah 43

Ar-Rum · Ayah 43 · Juz 21 · Page 409

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

Fa aqim wajhaka lid-dīnil-qayyimi min qabli ay yaʾtiya yawmul lā maradda lahū minallāh, yawmaʾidhiy yaṣṣaddaʿūn.

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: Sahih International

Footnotes (1)
  1. Into those destined for Paradise and those destined for Hell.

Tafsir

Tafsir of ayahs 43–45

So, set you your face to the straight and right religion, before there comes from Allah a Day which none can avert. On that Day men shall be divided (43)Whosoever disbelieves will suffer from his disbelief, and whosoever does righteous good deeds, then such will prepare a good place for themselves (44)That He may reward those who believe and do righteous good deeds, out of His bounty. Verily, He likes not the disbelievers (45)

The Command to follow the Straight Path before the Day of Resurrection

Here Allah commands His servants to hasten to obedience to Him and to hasten to do good deeds.

فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ الْقَيِّمِ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ يَوْمٌ لَا مَرَدَّ لَهُ مِنَ اللَّهِ ۖ

(So, set you your face to the straight and right religion, before there comes from Allah a Day which none can avert.) The Day of Resurrection, for when Allah wants it to happen, no one will be able to avert it.

يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصَّدَّعُونَ

(On that Day men shall be divided.) means, they will be separated, with one group in Paradise and another in Hell. Allah says:

مَنْ كَفَرَ فَعَلَيْهِ كُفْرُهُ ۖ وَمَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلِأَنْفُسِهِمْ يَمْهَدُونَ - لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ ۚ

(Whosoever disbelieves will suffer from his disbelief, and whosoever does righteous good deeds, then such will prepare a good place for themselves. That He may reward those who believe. and do righteous good deeds, out of His bounty.) meaning that He may reward them from His bounty, in return for one good deed, he will get the reward for ten, up to seven hundred like it, as much as Allah wills.

إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْكَافِرِينَ

(Verily, He likes not the disbelievers.) yet He is still just with them and does not oppress them.

Word by word16 words

  • فَأَقِمۡSo set
  • وَجۡهَكَyour face
  • لِلدِّينِto the religion
  • ٱلۡقَيِّمِright
  • مِنbefore
  • قَبۡلِbefore
  • أَن[that]
  • يَأۡتِيَcomes
  • يَوۡمٞa Day
  • لَّاnot
  • مَرَدَّ(can be) averted
  • لَهُۥ[it]
  • مِنَfrom
  • ٱللَّهِۖAllah
  • يَوۡمَئِذٖThat Day
  • يَصَّدَّعُونَthey will be divided

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Ar-Rumالروم

The Romans · Meccan · 60 ayahs

Juz
21
Page
409
Hizb
41