Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:153

6:153

وَأَنَّ هَـٰذَا صِرَٰطِى مُسْتَقِيمًا فَٱتَّبِعُوهُ ۖ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ ٱلسُّبُلَ فَتَفَرَّقَ بِكُمْ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ وَصَّىٰكُم بِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

wa-anna hādhā ṣirāṭī mus'taqīman fa-ittabiʿūhu walā tattabiʿū l-subula fatafarraqa bikum ʿan sabīlihi dhālikum waṣṣākum bihi laʿallakum tattaqūna

And, [moreover], this is My path, which is straight, so follow it; and do not follow [other] ways, for you will be separated from His way. This has He instructed you that you may become righteous.

— Saheeh International

this is My path, leading straight, so follow it, and do not follow other ways: they will lead you away from it- ‘ This is what He commands you to do, so that you may refrain from wrongdoing.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"And verily, this (i.e. Allâh’s Commandments mentioned in the above two Verses 151 and 152) is My Straight Path, so follow it, and follow not (other) paths, for they will separate you away from His Path. This He has ordained for you that you may become Al-Muttaqûn (the pious - see V.2:2)."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَأَنَّwa-annaAnd that
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
صِرَٰطِىṣirāṭī(is) My path
مُسْتَقِيمًۭاmus'taqīmanstraight
فَٱتَّبِعُوهُۖfa-ittabiʿūhuso follow it
وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَتَّبِعُوا۟tattabiʿūfollow
ٱلسُّبُلَl-subulathe (other) paths
فَتَفَرَّقَfatafarraqathen they will separate
بِكُمْbikumyou
عَنʿanfrom
سَبِيلِهِۦۚsabīlihiHis path
ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat
وَصَّىٰكُمwaṣṣākum(He) has enjoined on you
بِهِۦbihi[with it]
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تَتَّقُونَtattaqūnabecome righteous