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Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 178 (7:178)

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مَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِى ۖ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ

Quran 7:178 is ayah 178 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 173 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:178
مَنيَهْدِٱللَّهُفَهُوَٱلْمُهْتَدِى ۖوَمَنيُضْلِلْفَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَهُمُٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ١٧٨
man yahdi l-lahu fahuwa l-muh'tadī waman yuḍ'lil fa-ulāika humu l-khāsirūna

Whoever Allāh guides - he is the [rightly] guided; and whoever He sends astray - it is those who are the losers.(178)

Word by word

  1. مَنmanWhoever
  2. يَهْدِyahdi(is) guided
  3. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
  4. فَهُوَfahuwathen he
  5. ٱلْمُهْتَدِى ۖl-muh'tadī(is) the guided one
  6. وَمَنwamanwhile whoever
  7. يُضْلِلْyuḍ'lilHe lets go astray
  8. فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
  9. هُمُhumu[they]
  10. ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَl-khāsirūna(are) the losers

Tafsir (commentary) of 7:178

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«إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ للهِ نَحْمَدُهُ وَنَسْتَعِينُهُ وَنَسْتَهْدِيهِ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُهُ وَنَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنْ شُرُورِ أَنْفُسِنَا وَمِنْ سَيِّئَاتِ أَعْمَالِنَا، مَنْ يَهْدِ اللهُ فَلَا مُضِلَّ لَهُ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلِ اللهُ فَلَا هَادِيَ لَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُه»

(All praise is due to Allah, Whom we praise and seek help, guidance and forgiveness from. We seek refuge with Allah from the evils within ourselves and from the burden of our evil deeds. He whom Allah guides, will never be misled; and he whom He misguides, will never have one who will guide him. I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah without partners and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.) The complete Hadith was collected by Imam Ahmad and the collectors of Sunan and others.

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