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Verse 117of 165

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ مَن يَضِلُّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ ۖ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ﴿١١٧

Translation (Sahih International)

Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who strays from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.

Word-by-word meaning

إِنَّinnaIndeed
رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
هُوَhuwaHe
أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows best
مَنmanwho
يَضِلُّyaḍillustrays
عَنʿanfrom
سَبِيلِهِۦ ۖsabīlihiHis way
وَهُوَwahuwaand He
أَعْلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowing
بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَbil-muh'tadīnaof the guided-ones

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Most People are MisguidedAllah states that most of the people of the earth, are misguided. Allah said in other Ayat, وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ (And indeed most of the men of old went astray before them.) 37:71 and, وَمَآ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ (And most of mankind will not believe even if you eagerly desire it.)12:103 They are misguided, yet they have doubts about their way, and they rely on wishful thinking and delusions.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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