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Surah Ar-Rum, Ayah 43 (30:43)

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فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ ٱلْقَيِّمِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ يَوْمٌ لَّا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ …

Quran 30:43 is ayah 43 of Surah Ar-Rum (“The Romans”), a Meccan surah of 60 ayahs. It is in Juz 21, on page 409 of the Madani Mushaf.

30:43
فَأَقِمْوَجْهَكَلِلدِّينِٱلْقَيِّمِمِنقَبْلِأَنيَأْتِىَيَوْمٌلَّامَرَدَّلَهُۥمِنَٱللَّهِ ۖيَوْمَئِذٍيَصَّدَّعُونَ٤٣
fa-aqim wajhaka lilddīni l-qayimi min qabli an yatiya yawmun lā maradda lahu mina l-lahi yawma-idhin yaṣṣaddaʿūna

So direct your face [i.e., self] toward the correct religion before a Day comes from Allāh of which there is no repelling. That Day, they will be divided.(43)

Word by word

  1. فَأَقِمْfa-aqimSo set
  2. وَجْهَكَwajhakayour face
  3. لِلدِّينِlilddīnito the religion
  4. ٱلْقَيِّمِl-qayimiright
  5. مِنminbefore
  6. قَبْلِqablibefore
  7. أَنan[that]
  8. يَأْتِىَyatiyacomes
  9. يَوْمٌyawmuna Day
  10. لَّاlānot
  11. مَرَدَّmaradda(can be) averted
  12. لَهُۥlahu[it]
  13. مِنَminafrom
  14. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
  15. يَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhinThat Day
  16. يَصَّدَّعُونَyaṣṣaddaʿūnathey will be divided

Tafsir (commentary) of 30:43

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This commentary explains ayahs 30:43–45 together.

The Command to follow the Straight Path before the Day of Resurrection

Here 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.

يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصَّدَّعُونَ

(On that Day men shall be divided.) means, they will be separated, with one group in Paradise and another in Hell. Allah says:

مَن كَفَرَ فَعَلَيْهِ كُفْرُهُ وَمَنْ عَمِلَ صَـلِحاً فَلاًّنفُسِهِمْ يَمْهَدُونَ لِيَجْزِىَ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَـتِ مِن فَضْلِهِ

(Whosoever disbelieves will suffer from his disbelief, and whosoever does righteous good deeds, then such will prepare a good place for themselves. That He may reward those who believe. and do righteous good deeds, out of His bounty.) meaning that He may reward them from His bounty, in return for one good deed, he will get the reward for ten, up to seven hundred like it, as much as Allah wills.

إِنَّهُ لاَ يُحِبُّ الْكَـفِرِينَ

(Verily, He likes not the disbelievers.) yet He is still just with them and does not oppress them.

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