Ar-Rum Verse 43

So be steadfast in the Upright Faith ˹O Prophet˺, before the coming of a Day from Allah that cannot be averted. On that Day the people will be divided:

Adhere sincerely to the true religion before there comes a Day that cannot be averted from Allah. On that Day people will be divided.

So set thy face to the true religion before there comes a day from God that cannot be turned back; on that day they shall be sundered apart.

[Prophet], stand firm in your devotion to the upright religion, before an irresistible Day comes from God. On that Day, mankind will be divided:

So set thy face toward the right religion before the Day cometh from which there is no averting, from Allah, on that Day they shall be sundered.

But set thou thy face to the right Religion before there come from Allah the Day which there is no chance of averting; on that Day shall men be divided (in two).

So turn your face exclusively towards the True Faith before there comes the Day whose coming from Allah cannot be averted, the Day when people will split into groups.

So set your face towards the straight path before the day arrives from God which is irreversible. Men will be segregated on that day.

Therefore set your attention for worshipping, before the day from Allah which cannot be averted – on that day people will be split, separated.

So set your heart on the upright religion, before there comes a day irrevocable from Allah. On that day they shall be split [into various groups].

Set, then, your whole being on the upright, ever-true Religion before there comes a Day which God will not remove (from them) and none can prevent Him from bringing it. On that Day they will be sundered apart.

So pay your whole-hearted attention to (the cause of) the right and perfect faith before there comes from Allâh the day for which there will be no averting. On that day they (- the believers and disbelievers) shall split up (into different groups).

So keep up your face/front/direction to the religion, the straight/valuable , from before that a day/time comes, (there is) no return to it from God, (on) that day they declare openly/separate .

Therefore set your attention for worshipping, before the day from Allah which cannot be averted - on that day people will be split, separated.

Say: Travel in the land, then see how was the end of those before you; most of them were idolaters.

So set you (O Muhammad SAW) your face to (the obedience of Allah, your Lord) the straight and right religion (Islamic Monotheism), before there comes from Allah a Day which none can avert it. On that Day men shall be divided [(in two groups), a group in Paradise and a group in Hell].

Corruption has appeared in the land and the sea on account of that which men’s hands have wrought, that He may make them taste a part of that which they have done, so that they may return.

Then turn thy face straight to the right religion before there come from Allah the day which cannot be averted; on that day they shall become separated.

So set thy purpose resolutely for the right religion, before the inevitable day cometh from Allah. On that day mankind will be sundered-

Be devoted to the upright religion before the coming of the inevitable day when no one can escape from God and people will either be sent to Paradise or hell."

Therefore in purity set your face to the religion, before there comes from Allah a Day that cannot be turned back. On that Day mankind will be separated.

So, set you your face to the straight and right religion, before there comes from Allah a Day which none can avert. On that Day men shall be divided.

[Prophet], set your face to the right religion, before that Day comes from God which cannot be averted. On that Day, mankind will be parted in two.

So devote yourself to the upright religion, before there comes from God a Day that cannot be averted. On that Day, they will be shocked.

So set your purpose for the upright religion, the religion of Islam, before there comes the inevitable day from God, namely, the Day of Resurrection. On that day they shall be sundered (yassadda`na; the original t' [yatasadda`na] has been assimilated with the sd), that is, they will be split [into separate groups] after the Reckoning [destined] for Paradise or the Fire.

The Command to follow the Straight Path before the Day of Resurrection

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

فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ الْقَيِّمِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَ يَوْمٌ لاَّ مَرَدَّ لَهُ مِنَ اللَّهِ

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.

يَوْمَيِذٍ يَصَّدَّعُونَ



On that Day men shall be divided.

means, they will be separated, with one group in Paradise and another in Hell.

Allah says;

مَن كَفَرَ فَعَلَيْهِ كُفْرُهُ وَمَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلَِنفُسِهِمْ يَمْهَدُونَ