Surah 17:97

"Whoever God guides is the (rightly) guided one, and whoever He leads astray – you will not find for them any allies other than Him. We shall gather them on the Day of Resurrection on their faces – without sight, or speech, or hearing. Their refuge is Gehenna – whenever it dies down We increase (for) them a blazing (Fire)."

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Guidance and Misguidance are in the Hands of Allah Verses 17:97

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Verse 97

وَمَن يَهۡدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلۡمُهۡتَدِۖ وَمَن يُضۡلِلۡ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمۡ أَوۡلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِهِۦۖ وَنَحۡشُرُهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمۡ عُمۡيٗا وَبُكۡمٗا وَصُمّٗاۖ مَّأۡوَىٰهُمۡ جَهَنَّمُۖ كُلَّمَا خَبَتۡ زِدۡنَٰهُمۡ سَعِيرٗا

Whoever God guides is the (rightly) guided one, and whoever He leads astray – you will not find for them any allies other than Him. We shall gather them on the Day of Resurrection on their faces – without sight, or speech, or hearing. Their refuge is Gehenna – whenever it dies down We increase (for) them a blazing (Fire).

Allah tells us how He deals with His creation and how His rulings are carried out. He tells us that there is none who can put back His judgement, for whomever He guides cannot be led astray,

{and whomever He leaves astray can never find helpers other than Him} to guide him. As Allah says:

{He whom Allah guides, he is the rightly-guided; but he whom He sends astray, for him you will find no Wali (guiding friend) to lead him} (18:17)

The Punishment of the People of Misguidance

Quoted Scripture

"and We shall gather them together on the Day of Resurrection on their faces,"

— from Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Page 91)

About this Source & Scholarly Authority (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Universal Sunni Consensus: Tafsir al-Qur'an al-Azim by Hafiz Ibn Kathir (701–774 AH / 1301–1373 AD) is universally regarded across all major schools of Sunni Islam (traditional, Salafi, Ash'ari) as the most authoritative classical exegesis. It is prized because it relies on Tafsir bil-Ma'thur—interpreting the Quran using the Quran itself, authentic Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad, and recorded statements of the early Companions (Sahabah).

Standard English Edition: This text is from the standard 10-volume English abridgment published by Dar-us-Salam Publications (supervised by Shaykh Safiur-Rahman Al-Mubarakpuri), which is the official, most widely distributed English Quranic commentary in mosques and Islamic libraries worldwide today.

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