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Verse 153of 165

وَأَنَّ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطِى مُسْتَقِيمًۭا فَٱتَّبِعُوهُ ۖ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ ٱلسُّبُلَ فَتَفَرَّقَ بِكُمْ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ وَصَّىٰكُم بِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ﴿١٥٣

Translation (Sahih International)

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.

Word-by-word meaning

وَأَنَّwa-annaAnd that
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
صِرَٰطِىṣirāṭī(is) My path
مُسْتَقِيمًۭاmus'taqīmanstraight
فَٱتَّبِعُوهُ ۖfa-ittabiʿūhuso follow it
وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَتَّبِعُوا۟tattabiʿūfollow
ٱلسُّبُلَl-subulathe (other) paths
فَتَفَرَّقَfatafarraqathen they will separate
بِكُمْbikumyou
عَنʿanfrom
سَبِيلِهِۦ ۚsabīlihiHis path
ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat
وَصَّىٰكُمwaṣṣākum(He) has enjoined on you
بِهِۦbihi[with it]
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تَتَّقُونَtattaqūnabecome righteous

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Imam Ahmad, Ibn Majah, in the Book of the Sunnah in his Sunan, and Al-Bazzar collected this Hadith. Ibn Jarir recorded that a man asked Ibn Mas`ud, "What is As-Sirat Al-Mustaqim (the straight path)" Ibn Mas`ud replied, "Muhammad ﷺ left us at its lower end and its other end is in Paradise. To the right of this Path are other paths, and to the left of it are other paths, and there are men (on these paths) calling those who pass by them. Whoever goes on the other paths will end up in the Fire.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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