English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
God said, ‘This is a path leading straight to Me.
English - Five Volume Translation
God said, ‘This is a path leading straight to Me.
Commentary:
The present verse explains the preceding verse in which it is said that Satan would not succeed in seducing God’s chosen servants. It tells us how men can become God’s "chosen servants" spoken of in the preceding verse and thereby become safe from satanic seduction. It lies on God, the verse purports to say, to show to men "His path" by revelation, and when they have seen this path, they proceed straight to God by treading it and Satan can then have no access to them. According to this sense of the verse the words صراط علی rendered in the text as, "a path to Me," would mean صراط بیانه علی i.e. a path the showing of which lies on Me. Indeed the chosen servants of God do not seek to find God’s path by the help of their intellect alone, but invoke His help at every step. He then comes to their aid and, consequently, they become safe against the seduction of Satan. The second meaning of the verse is obtained when the word علی (to Me) is read with the word مستقیم (straight) as rendered in the text. In this case, the verse would mean that the chosen servants of God proceed straight to God, i.e. they have immediate access to Him. They have not to spend their lives in bootless search after God. Their search for Him meets with immediate success and they spend the remainder of their lives in comprehending and realizing His attributes and in traversing the path that leads to that highest stage of spiritual development where they are wholly lost in God and become united with Him. Indeed, it is not possible for Satan to have access to the chosen servants of God because the risk of the holy pilgrim’s being misled by Satan remains only so long as he is in search of God. Once he has found access to Him, he is free from dangers and there remains for him only the gradual realization of God’s infinite attributes, at the end of which lies the stage when he sees God face to face and becomes His manifestation.
English - Short Commentary Translation
God said, ‘This is a pathleading straight to Me;
اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ
اس نے کہا یہ سیدھی راہ (دکھانا) میرے ذمہ ہے۔
French
Allāh dit : « Voici un chemin menant droit à Moi.
German
(Gott) sprach: "Dies ist ein gerader Weg zu Mir.
Italian
Dio rispose: «Questa è la via che conduce dritto a Me.
Spanish
Dios dijo: “Éste es un camino que lleva recto hasta Mí;”
اردو تفسیرِ صغیر
(پھر) فرمایا (کہ) میری طرف آنے کی یہی سیدھی راہ ہے۔
اردو ترجمہ مودودی
فرمایا "یہ راستہ ہے جو سیدھا مجھ تک پہنچتا ہے
English - Sahih
[Allah] said, "This is a path [of return] to Me [that is] straight.
اردو ترجمہ احمد علی
فرمایا یہ راستہ مجھ پر سیدھا ہے
English - Talal Itani
He said, "This (is) the way to Me straight.
English - Arberry
Said He, 'This is for Me a straight path:
English - Maududi
Allah said: "Here is the path that leads straight to Me.
English - Ahmed Ali
(To which God) said: "This way is right by Me.
English - Yusuf Ali
(Allah) said: "This (way of My sincere servants) is indeed a way that leads straight to Me.
English - Five Volume Commentary *
1745
Commentary:
The present verse explains the preceding verse in which it is said that Satan would not succeed in seducing God’s chosen servants. It tells us how men can become God’s "chosen servants" spoken of in the preceding verse and thereby become safe from satanic seduction. It lies on God, the verse purports to say, to show to men "His path" by revelation, and when they have seen this path, they proceed straight to God by treading it and Satan can then have no access to them. According to this sense of the verse the words صراط علی rendered in the text as, "a path to Me," would mean صراط بیانه علی i.e. a path the showing of which lies on Me. Indeed the chosen servants of God do not seek to find God’s path by the help of their intellect alone, but invoke His help at every step. He then comes to their aid and, consequently, they become safe against the seduction of Satan. The second meaning of the verse is obtained when the word علی (to Me) is read with the word مستقیم (straight) as rendered in the text. In this case, the verse would mean that the chosen servants of God proceed straight to God, i.e. they have immediate access to Him. They have not to spend their lives in bootless search after God. Their search for Him meets with immediate success and they spend the remainder of their lives in comprehending and realizing His attributes and in traversing the path that leads to that highest stage of spiritual development where they are wholly lost in God and become united with Him. Indeed, it is not possible for Satan to have access to the chosen servants of God because the risk of the holy pilgrim’s being misled by Satan remains only so long as he is in search of God. Once he has found access to Him, he is free from dangers and there remains for him only the gradual realization of God’s infinite attributes, at the end of which lies the stage when he sees God face to face and becomes His manifestation.
English - Short Commentary Notes *
English - Pickthall
He said: This is a right course incumbent upon Me:
English - Muhammad Ali ra
He said: This is a right way with Me.
English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ra
Allah said: This is the path which leads straight to Me.