Surah Ya-Sin 36:24
سُورَةُ يسٓ · Meccan · Verse 24 of 83
إِنِّىٓ إِذًۭا لَّفِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍ
Translation
Then I would clearly be in the wrong.
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'Indeed, I would then be in clear error.' Notice the believer turns the same searching honesty on himself: to abandon the Real for the powerless would be, in his own judgment, obvious misguidance. al-Saadi highlights that he holds himself to the very standard he is calling his people to, refusing to exempt himself. Ask yourself: I am quick to see the error in others' choices and slow to name my own by the same measure. This man says plainly, 'if I did that, I would be clearly lost.' Do I judge my own compromises with the honesty I reserve for everyone else's, or do I keep a softer standard for myself?
Grounded in classical tafsir: al-Saadi, al-Razi, Ibn Ashur.
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