سُوْرَةُ الرُّوْمِ

Surah Ar-Room (30) — Ayah 43

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فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ ٱلْقَيِّمِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ يَوْمٌ لَّا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصَّدَّعُونَ ﴿43﴾
So set you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) your face (in obedience to Allâh, your Lord) to the straight and right religion (Islâmic Monotheism), before there comes from Allâh a Day which none can avert. On that Day men shall be divided [(in two groups), a group in Paradise and a group in Hell].
فَأَقِمْ fa-aqim So set
وَجْهَكَ wajhaka your face
لِلدِّينِ lilddīni to the religion
ٱلْقَيِّمِ l-qayimi right
مِن min before
قَبْلِ qabli before
أَن an [that]
يَأْتِىَ yatiya comes
يَوْمٌۭ yawmun a Day
لَّا not
مَرَدَّ maradda (can be) averted
لَهُۥ lahu [it]
مِنَ mina from
ٱللَّهِ ۖ l-lahi Allah
يَوْمَئِذٍۢ yawma-idhin That Day
يَصَّدَّعُونَ yaṣṣaddaʿūna they will be divided

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43-1. That is, no one can prevent the coming of that Day. Therefore, before the coming of that Day (of Resurrection), adopt the path of obedience to Allah and fill your record with good deeds.

43-2. That is, people will be divided into two groups: one of the believers and the other of the disbelievers.