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Surah An-Nahl, verse 9: meaning and tafsir

  • Verse 9 of 128
  • Juz 14
  • Meccan
  • 16:9

وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ قَصْدُ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَمِنْهَا جَآئِرٌ ۚ وَلَوْ شَآءَ لَهَدَىٰكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ۝٩

It is upon Allah to show the straight path, while other ways are deviant. If He had willed, He could have guided you all.

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9. Allah has made it a duty upon Himself to show the Path that leads to His Pleasure, which is Islam. Some paths are that of Satan that deviate away from the truth. Any path other than the path of Islam is deviated. Had Allah willed to guide you all to Faith He would have guided you alltogether.

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