Surah 30:43

"Set your face to the right religion, before a Day comes from God which cannot be turned back. On that Day they will be divided:"

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The Command to follow the Straight Path before the Day of Resurrection Verses 30:43-45

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Verse 43

فَأَقِمۡ وَجۡهَكَ لِلدِّينِ ٱلۡقَيِّمِ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن يَأۡتِيَ يَوۡمٞ لَّا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱللَّهِۖ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَصَّدَّعُونَ

Set your face to the right religion, before a Day comes from God which cannot be turned back. On that Day they will be divided:

Verse 44

مَن كَفَرَ فَعَلَيۡهِ كُفۡرُهُۥۖ وَمَنۡ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحٗا فَلِأَنفُسِهِمۡ يَمۡهَدُونَ

whoever disbelieves – his disbelief (will be) on him, but whoever does righteousness – they are smoothing (the way) for themselves,

Verse 45

لِيَجۡزِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ

so that He may repay from His favor those who believe and do righteous deeds. Surely He does not love the disbelievers.

Here Allah commands His servants to hasten to obedience to Him and to hasten to do good deeds.

Quoted Scripture

"So, set you your face to the straight and right religion, before there comes from Allah a Day which none can avert."

The Day of Resurrection, for when Allah wants it to happen, no one will be able to avert it.

{On that Day men shall be divided.} means, they will be separated, with one group in Paradise and another in Hell. Allah says:

Quoted Scripture

"Whosoever disbelieves will suffer from his disbelief, and whosoever does righteous good deeds, then such will prepare a good place for themselves. That He may reward those who believe, and do righteous good deeds, out of His bounty."

meaning that He may reward them from His bounty, in return for one good deed, he will get the reward for ten, up to seven hundred like it, as much as Allah wills.

{Verily, He likes not the disbelievers.} yet He is still just with them and does not oppress them.

— from Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Vol. 7, Page 556)

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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