ٱلْمُلْك : ٢٢

  • أَفَمَن Then is he who
  • يَمۡشِي walks
  • مُكِبًّا fallen
  • عَلَىٰ on
  • وَجۡهِهِۦٓ his face
  • أَهۡدَىٰٓ better guided
  • أَمَّن or (he) who
  • يَمۡشِي walks
  • سَوِيًّا upright
  • عَلَىٰ on
  • صِرَٰطٖ (the) Path
  • مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ Straight
Then is one who walks fallen on his face better guided or one who walks erect on a straight path?
Is he who walks cast down, fallen, on his face more rightly guided, or he who walks upright on a straight path? (the predicate of the second man, 'who', has been omitted, but is indicated by the predicate of the first, namely, ahdaa, 'more rightly guided'; the similitude refers to the believer and the disbeliever and to which of the two is more rightly guided).