ذَٰلِكَ
هُدَى
ٱللَّهِ
يَهۡدِي
بِهِۦ
مَن
يَشَآءُ
مِنۡ
عِبَادِهِۦۚ
وَلَوۡ
أَشۡرَكُواْ
لَحَبِطَ
عَنۡهُم
مَّا
كَانُواْ
يَعۡمَلُونَ
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Such is the guidance of Allah wherewith He guideth whom He will of His bondmen. But if they had set up (for worship) aught beside Him, (all) that they did would have been vain.
— M. Pickthall
That is the guidance of Allāh by which He guides whomever He wills of His servants. But if they had associated others with Allāh, then worthless for them would be whatever they were doing.
— Saheeh International
This is the guidance of Allah: He giveth that guidance to whom He pleaseth, of His worshippers. If they were to join other gods with Him, all that they did would be vain for them.
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
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…Ibrahim Receives the News of Ishaq and Ya`qub During His Old Age
Allah states that after Ibrahim became old and he, and his wife, Sarah, lost hope of h
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