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Surah Muhammad (47) — Ayah 17

Muhammad · Medinan · Juz 26 · Page 508

وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱهْتَدَوْا۟ زَادَهُمْ هُدًى وَءَاتَىٰهُمْ تَقْوَىٰهُمْ ﴿17﴾
While as for those who accept guidance, He increases their guidance and bestows on them their piety.
وَٱلَّذِينَ wa-alladhīna And those who
ٱهْتَدَوْا۟ ih'tadaw accept guidance
زَادَهُمْ zādahum He increases them
هُدًۭى hudan (in) guidance
وَءَاتَىٰهُمْ waātāhum and gives them
تَقْوَىٰهُمْ taqwāhum their righteousness

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(Ayah 17) {وَ الَّذِيْنَ اهْتَدَوْا زَادَهُمْ هُدًى …:} That is, those people who follow the straight path shown by Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him), then those very things become a means of increasing their guidance which the hypocrites do not understand, and Allah, through those matters, grants them further guidance and grants them the Tawfiq (divine enablement) to do those deeds through which they are saved from the fire of Hell.

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17. 1. That is, those whose intention is to seek guidance, Allah grants them the ability to receive guidance and also bestows upon them steadfastness.

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And those who are guided—Allah increases them in guidance [20] and grants them piety.

[20] That is, the very same words and Propheticﷺ teachings that became a puzzle for those hypocrites, became a means of increased guidance for the believers. And their piety would increase further.