Quran 67:22 — Al-Mulk, verse 22
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Who is better guided: someone who falls on his face, or someone who walks steadily on a straight path?
أَفَمَنْ يَمْشِي مُكِبًّا عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِ أَهْدَىٰ أَمَّنْ يَمْشِي سَوِيًّا عَلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ
afaman yamshī mukibban ʿalā wajhihi ahdā amman yamshī sawiyyan ʿalā ṣirāṭin mus'taqīmin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- What, is he who walks prone upon his face better guided than he who walks upright on a straight path?
- Muhammad Asad
- But then, is he that goes along with his face close to the ground better guided than he that walks upright on a straight way?
- Sahih International
- Then is one who walks fallen on his face better guided or one who walks erect on a straight path?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَفَمَنafaman | Then is he who | — |
| 2 | يَمْشِىyamshī | walks | مشي |
| 3 | مُكِبًّاmukibban | fallen | كبب |
| 4 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 5 | وَجْهِهِۦٓwajhihi | his face | وجه |
| 6 | أَهْدَىٰٓahdā | better guided | هدي |
| 7 | أَمَّنamman | or (he) who | — |
| 8 | يَمْشِىyamshī | walks | مشي |
| 9 | سَوِيًّاsawiyyan | upright | سوي |
| 10 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 11 | صِرَٰطٍۢṣirāṭin | (the) Path | صرط |
| 12 | مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢmus'taqīmin | Straight | قوم |