Surah Al-Mulk (الملك) • The Sovereignty

Quran 67:22

67:22

أَفَمَن يَمْشِى مُكِبًّا عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِۦٓ أَهْدَىٰٓ أَمَّن يَمْشِى سَوِيًّا عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

afaman yamshī mukibban ʿalā wajhihi ahdā amman yamshī sawiyyan ʿalā ṣirāṭin mus'taqīmin

Then is one who walks fallen on his face better guided or one who walks erect on a straight path?

— Saheeh International

Who is better guided: someone who falls on his face, or someone who walks steadily on a straight path?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Is he who walks prone (without seeing) on his face, more rightly guided, or he who (sees and) walks upright on the Straight Way (i.e. Islâmic Monotheism)?

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

Juz 29Page 563meccan

Word by Word

أَفَمَنafamanThen is he who
يَمْشِىyamshīwalks
مُكِبًّاmukibbanfallen
عَلَىٰʿalāon
وَجْهِهِۦٓwajhihihis face
أَهْدَىٰٓahdābetter guided
أَمَّنammanor (he) who
يَمْشِىyamshīwalks
سَوِيًّاsawiyyanupright
عَلَىٰʿalāon
صِرَٰطٍۢṣirāṭin(the) Path
مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢmus'taqīminStraight