ConceptThe Misguided in the QuranالضالونSpirituality10Verses8Surahs14Connections#401of 828
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- 1:7Al-FatihahConsolationصِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غَيۡرِ ٱلۡمَغۡضُوبِ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَThe path of those whom Thou hast favoured; Not the (path) of those who earn Thine anger nor of those who go astray.In context
The same path as those of Your creation whom You have blessed with guidance, such as the prophets, the truthful, martyrs, and the righteous ones. What good companions these people make!
- 3:90Aali ImranWarningإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بَعۡدَ إِيمَٰنِهِمۡ ثُمَّ ٱزۡدَادُواْ كُفۡرٗا لَّن تُقۡبَلَ تَوۡبَتُهُمۡ وَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلضَّآلُّونَLo! those who disbelieve after their (profession of) belief, and afterward grow violent in disbelief: their repentance will not be accepted. And such are those who are astray.In context
Those who disbelieve after having faith, and stick to this disbelief until they die, then repenting to Allah and asking for forgiveness at the time of death, will not have this accepted from them, as the time for acceptance would have expired. They are those who have lost their way from the straight path which leads to Allah.
- فَلَمَّا رَءَا ٱلۡقَمَرَ بَازِغٗا قَالَ هَٰذَا رَبِّيۖ فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَ قَالَ لَئِن لَّمۡ يَهۡدِنِي رَبِّي لَأَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلضَّآلِّينَAnd when he saw the moon uprising, he exclaimed: This is my Lord. But when it set, he said: Unless my Lord guide me, I surely shall become one of the folk who are astray.In context
When Abraham saw the moon rising, he said to his people, ‘This is my Lord’, continuing his argument against them. When it disappeared, he said, ‘If Allah does not guide me to His Oneness and worship I will certainly become one of the people who are astray from His religion and who worship others besides Him’.
- قَالَ وَمَن يَقۡنَطُ مِن رَّحۡمَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلضَّآلُّونَHe said: And who despaireth of the mercy of his Lord save those who are astray?In context
Abraham said: Does anyone despair from the mercy of his Lord but those who have deviated from Allah’s straight path?!
- 23:54Al-MuminunCommandفَذَرۡهُمۡ فِي غَمۡرَتِهِمۡ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍSo leave them in their error till a time.In context
O Messenger! Leave them in the ignorance and confusion they are in, until the punishment descends upon them.
- قَالُواْ رَبَّنَا غَلَبَتۡ عَلَيۡنَا شِقۡوَتُنَا وَكُنَّا قَوۡمٗا ضَآلِّينَThey will say: Our Lord! Our evil fortune conquered us, and we were erring folk.In context
They will say: “Our Lord, our wretchedness which had already passed in Your knowledge overcame us, and we were a people astray from the truth.
- 26:86Ash-ShuaraConsolationوَٱغۡفِرۡ لِأَبِيٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَAnd forgive my father. Lo! he is of those who err.In context
And forgive my father. Indeed, he was one of those who deviated from the truth due to idolatry. Abraham supplicated on behalf of his father before it became clear to him that he was from among the people of hell. When that became clear to him, he proclaimed his disassociation with him and no longer supplicated for him.
- 37:69As-SaffatWarningإِنَّهُمۡ أَلۡفَوۡاْ ءَابَآءَهُمۡ ضَآلِّينَThey indeed found their fathers astray,In context
Indeed, these disbelievers found their forefathers astray from the path of guidance and followed them blindly without proof of their truth.
- 56:51Al-WaqiahWarningثُمَّ إِنَّكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبُونَThen lo! ye, the erring, the deniers,In context
Then, O you rejectors of the resurrection and deviants from the straight path!
- وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَBut if he is of the rejecters, the erring,In context
And if the dying person is from the rejectors of what the Messenger (peace be upon him) brought: the deviators from the straight path...