Al-Maaida 5:16 — Quran | Pray for the Truth

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

with which God guides to the ways of peace those who follow what pleases Him, bringing them from darkness out into light, by His will, and guiding them to a straight path.

يَهْدِي بِهِ اللَّهُ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ رِضْوَانَهُ سُبُلَ السَّلَامِ وَيُخْرِجُهُمْ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ بِإِذْنِهِ وَيَهْدِيهِمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ

yahdī bihi l-lahu mani ittabaʿa riḍ'wānahu subula l-salāmi wayukh'rijuhum mina l-ẓulumāti ilā l-nūri bi-idh'nihi wayahdīhim ilā ṣirāṭin mus'taqīmin

A. J. Arberry: whereby God guides whosoever follows His good pleasure in the ways of peace, and brings them forth from the shadows into the light by His leave; and He guides them to a straight path.
Muhammad Asad: through which God shows unto all that seek His goodly acceptance the paths leading to salvation and, by His grace, brings them out of the depths of darkness into the light and guides them onto a straight way.
Sahih International: By which Allāh guides those who pursue His pleasure to the ways of peace and brings them out from darknesses into the light, by His permission, and guides them to a straight path.

Word-by-word analysis of Al-Maaida verse 16
#	Word	Meaning	Root
1	يَهْدِىyahdī	Guides	هدي
2	بِهِbihi	with it	—
3	ٱللَّهُl-lahu	Allah	أله
4	مَنِmani	(those) who	—
5	ٱتَّبَعَittabaʿa	seek	تبع
6	رِضْوَٰنَهُۥriḍ'wānahu	His pleasure	رضو
7	سُبُلَsubula	(to the) ways	سبل
8	ٱلسَّلَـٰمِl-salāmi	(of) the peace	سلم
9	وَيُخْرِجُهُمwayukh'rijuhum	and brings them out	خرج
10	مِّنَmina	from	—
11	ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِl-ẓulumāti	the darknessess	ظلم
12	إِلَىilā	to	—
13	ٱلنُّورِl-nūri	the light	نور
14	بِإِذْنِهِۦbi-idh'nihi	by His permission	أذن
15	وَيَهْدِيهِمْwayahdīhim	and guides them	هدي
16	إِلَىٰilā	to	—
17	صِرَٰطٍۢṣirāṭin	(the) way	صرط
18	مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢmus'taqīmin	(the) straight	قوم

Quran 5:16 — Al-Maaida, verse 16

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