Quran Universe
6:126

وَهَٰذَا صِرَٰطُ رَبِّكَ مُسۡتَقِيمٗاۗ قَدۡ فَصَّلۡنَا ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لِقَوۡمٖ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

Wahatha siratu rabbika mustaqeeman qad fassalna alayati liqawmin yaththakkaroona

And this is the path of your Lord, [leading] straight. We have detailed the verses for a people who remember.

Word by word
  1. وَهَٰذَاAnd this
  2. صِرَٰطُ(is the) way
  3. رَبِّكَ(of) your Lord
  4. مُسۡتَقِيمٗاۗstraight
  5. قَدۡCertainly
  6. فَصَّلۡنَاWe have detailed
  7. ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِthe Verses
  8. لِقَوۡمٖfor a people
  9. يَذَّكَّرُونَwho take heed
Al-An'am · 6:126Makkah

This is your Lord's path, and it runs straight.

The signs laid out for those who take heed

The path
your Lord's pathIslam, through this Quran
straightno twists
made clear for
those who rememberand understand
Who it is clear for
anyone glancing
those who reflecttake heed of it

After describing those who strayed and blocked others, Allah points to the path of your Lord, straight, meaning Islam revealed through this Quran. Ibn Kathir says the signs are made clear for people of sound understanding who take heed of what Allah and His Messenger convey.

Life feels like a maze of choices: which job, which city, which friends. The main road is not hidden. Most of the twists come from looking away from it. The signs are clear to whoever stops and thinks.

The right path is confusing and hard to find.

My Lord's path is straight and clear when I take the time to reflect.

Try this

Before one decision today, ask: which choice keeps me on Allah's straight path?

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir

And this is the path of your Lord leading straight. We have detailed Our Ayat for a people who take heed (126)For them will be the abode of peace with their Lord. And He will be their Wali because of what they used to do (127)

After Allah mentioned the way of those who were themselves led to stray from His path and who hindered others from it, He emphasized the honor of the guidance and religion of truth that He sent His Messenger with. Allah said next,

وَهَٰذَا صِرَاطُ رَبِّكَ مُسْتَقِيمًا

(And this is the path of your Lord leading straight.) that is, Islam, that We have legislated for you, O Muhammad, by revealing this Qur'an to you, is Allah's straight path.

قَدْ فَصَّلْنَا الْآيَاتِ

(We have detailed Our Ayat...) We have explained the Ayat and made them clear and plain,

لِقَوْمٍ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

(for a people who take heed) those who have sound comprehension and understand what Allah and His Messenger convey to them,

لَهُمْ دَارُ السَّلَامِ

(For them will be the abode of peace) Paradise,

عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ

(with their Lord.) on the Day of Resurrection. Allah described Paradise as 'the abode of peace', because its residents are safe due to their access to the straight path, which conforms to the way of the Prophets. And just as their way was not wicked, they earned the abode of peace [which is free from all wickedness].

وَهُوَ وَلِيُّهُم

(And He will be their Wali) Protector, Supporter and Helper,

بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

(because of what they used to do,) As reward for their good deeds, Allah has favored them and been generous with them, and awarded them Paradise.