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فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ ٱلْقَيِّمِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ يَوْمٌۭ لَّا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَصَّدَّعُونَ﴿٤٣

Translation (Sahih International)

So direct your face toward the correct religion before a Day comes from Allah of which there is no repelling. That Day, they will be divided.

Word-by-word meaning

فَأَقِمْfa-aqimSo set
وَجْهَكَwajhakayour face
لِلدِّينِlilddīnito the religion
ٱلْقَيِّمِl-qayimiright
مِنminbefore
قَبْلِqablibefore
أَنan[that]
يَأْتِىَyatiyacomes
يَوْمٌۭyawmuna Day
لَّاnot
مَرَدَّmaradda(can be) averted
لَهُۥlahu[it]
مِنَminafrom
ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhinThat Day
يَصَّدَّعُونَyaṣṣaddaʿūnathey will be divided

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command to follow the Straight Path before the Day of ResurrectionHere Allah commands His servants to hasten to obedience to Him and to hasten to do good deeds.فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينَ الْقِيِّمِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ يَوْمٌ لاَّ 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.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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