الْمُسْتَقِيمَthe Straight

Example sentences

• وإياك نستعين﴾ قال هذه الآية، بيني وبين عبدي نصفين، ولعبدي ما سأل، فإذا قال ﴿اهدنا الصراط المستقيم﴾ إلى آخر السورة قال هؤلاء لعبدي، ولعبدي ما سأل١١

  And You alone we ask for help. He said: This verse divides, between Me and My servant, into two parts; to My servant belongs what he asked. So when he says "Guide us to the Straight Path" until the end of the surah, He said: These belong to My servant, and to My servant belongs what he asked.

  الْمُسْتَقِيمَ — the Straight. This is an adjective agreeing with the noun before it in gender, definiteness and case, masculine, carrying its own 'the', and in the accusative to match the object it describes. Arabic stacks the adjective after its noun and harmonises these features, so it reads 'the path, the straight one'.

  From: Praise and Supplication in Prayer →