وَإِن تُطِعْ أَكْثَرَ مَن فِى
ٱلْأَرْضِ يُضِلُّوكَ عَن
سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ
إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ مَن يَضِلُّ عَن
سَبِيلِهِۦ ۖ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ
And if you obey most
of those on the earth,
they will mislead you far
away from Allah’s path.
They follow nothing
but conjecture, and they
do nothing but lie.
Verily, your Lord! It is He
Who knows best who
strays from His way,
and He knows best
the rightly guided.
Most People are Misguided
Allah states that most of the people of the earth, are misguided. Allah said in other Ayat,
وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ
And indeed most of the men of old went astray before them. (As-Saffat 71)
and,
وَمَآ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ
وَلَوْ حَرَصْتَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ
And most of mankind will not believe even if you eagerly desire it. (Yusuf 103)
They are misguided, yet they have doubts about their way, and they rely on wishful thinking and delusions.
إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلاَّ الظَّنَّ
وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلاَّ يَخْرُصُونَ
They follow nothing but conjecture, and they do nothing but lie
Thus, they fulfill Allah’s decree and decision concerning them,
هُوَ أَعْلَمُ مَن يَضِلُّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ
It is He Who knows best who strays from His way
and facilitates that for him,
وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ
And He knows best the rightly guided
He facilitates that for them, all of them are facilitated for what He created them.
فَكُلُواْ مِمَّا ذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ
عَلَيْهِ إِن كُنتُم بِآيَـتِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ