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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 35of 120

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱبْتَغُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ ٱلْوَسِيلَةَ وَجَٰهِدُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ﴿٣٥

Translation (Sahih International)

O you who have believed, fear Allah and seek the means [of nearness] to Him and strive in His cause that you may succeed.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
ٱتَّقُوا۟ittaqūFear
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
وَٱبْتَغُوٓا۟wa-ib'taghūand seek
إِلَيْهِilayhitowards Him
ٱلْوَسِيلَةَl-wasīlatathe means
وَجَـٰهِدُوا۟wajāhidūand strive hard
فِىin
سَبِيلِهِۦsabīlihiHis way
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تُفْلِحُونَtuf'liḥūnasucceed

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Commanding Taqwa, Wasilah, and JihadAllah commands His faithful servants to fear Him in Taqwa, which if mentioned along with acts of obedience, it means to refrain from the prohibitions and the prohibited matters. Allah said next,وَابْتَغُواْ إِلَيهِ الْوَسِيلَةَ(seek the Wasilah to Him.) Sufyan Ath-Thawri said that Talhah said that `Ata' said that Ibn `Abbas said that Wasilah means `the means of approach'.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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