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Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold)

Verse 43of 89

فَٱسْتَمْسِكْ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْكَ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍۢ مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ﴿٤٣

Translation (Sahih International)

So adhere to that which is revealed to you. Indeed, you are on a straight path.

Word-by-word meaning

فَٱسْتَمْسِكْfa-is'tamsikSo hold fast
بِٱلَّذِىٓbi-alladhīto that which
أُوحِىَūḥiyais revealed
إِلَيْكَ ۖilaykato you
إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, you
عَلَىٰʿalā(are) on
صِرَٰطٍۢṣirāṭina Path
مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢmus'taqīminStraight

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Shaytan is the Companion of the One Who turns away from Ar-Rahmanوَمَن يَعْشُ(And whosoever Ya`shu (turns away blindly)) means, whoever willfully ignores and turns awayعَن ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمَـنِ(from the remembrance of the Most Gracious,) Al-`Asha (the root of Ya`sh) refers to weakness of vision; what is meant here is weakness of insight.نُقَيِّضْ لَهُ شَيْطَاناً فَهُوَ لَهُ قَرِينٌ(We appoint for him Shaytan to be a Qarin (a companion) to him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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