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(161) قُلْ إِنَّنِي هَدانِي رَبِّي إِلى صِراطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ دِيناً
قِيَماً مِلَّةَ إِبْراهِيمَ حَنِيفاً وَ ما كانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ
161. " Say: ' Verily my Lord has guided me to a Straight Path, the
established religion, the creed of Abraham, the upright one, and he was not of
the polytheists."
Commentary :
This verse, together with the next verses by which Sura Al-An'am ends, is, in
fact, a summary of the subjects discusses about the struggle against paganism
and idolatry stated in this Sura.
At first, in order to stand against the illogical notions and claims of
pagans and idol worshippers, Allah orders His Messenger to tell them that his
Lord has guided him to the Straight Path, which is the nearest path among all
paths. This 'Straight Path' is the same path of Unity and monotheism, and the
path of eradication of the creed of paganism and polytheism. It says :
" Say: ' Verily my Lord has guided me to a straight path, ..."
Thus, the Qur'an explains 'the Straight Path' in this verse and the next two
verses. First of all, it implies that it is a direct religion with the utmost
correctness and veracity, eternal, and subsisting to the affairs of both
religion and life, body and soul.
"... the established religion, ..."
And, since Arabs showed a special affection to Abraham, so that they even
introduced their creed as Abraham's creed, the Qur'an adds that the true
creed of Abraham is the very one toward which you have been invited, not
that which you have forged under his name.
"... the creed of Abraham, ..."
That very Abraham (a.s.) is the one who turned away from the superstitious
creed of his time and environment, and attached the Truth, i.e. the monotheism.
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