Surah Al-Mulk — Verse 22

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أَفَمَن يَمْشِى مُكِبًّا عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِۦٓ أَهْدَىٰٓ أَمَّن يَمْشِى سَوِيًّا عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

Afaman yamshee mukibban AAala wajhihiahda amman yamshee sawiyyan AAala siratinmustaqeem

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

Then is one who walks fallen on his face better guided or one who walks erect on a straight path?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Who is better guided: someone who falls on his face, or someone who walks steadily on a straight path?

Marmaduke Pickthall

Is he who goeth groping on his face more rightly guided, or he who walketh upright on a straight road?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Is then one who walks headlong, with his face grovelling, better guided,- or one who walks evenly on a Straight Way?

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Then, is the one who walks falling down (frequently) on his face more right or the one who walks properly on a straight path?

Al-Hilali & Khan

Is he who walks prone (without seeing) on his face, more rightly guided, or he who (sees and) walks upright on the Straight Way (i.e. Islâmic Monotheism)?

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Who is better guided: he who walks grovelling on his face, or he who walks upright on a Straight Path?

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

But then, is he that goes along with his face close to the ground better guided than he that walks upright on a straight way?