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Hidâyah means guiding a person to the true path; being on the path Allahu ta’âlâ is pleased with; Allah’s purging one’s heart from all the gloom, distress and supplying it with comfort and expansion instead, thus granting complete easiness in observing His commandments and prohibitions; His subjugating a born slave’s contentment to His qadâ and qadar. As for the meaning of “ihtidâ,” it is to attain hidâyah, that is, to become a Muslim, to choose Islam as one’s religion.
The parts added in square brackets to the purport of undermentioned verses are explanatory statements from tafsîr books:
(Our Lord is He Who grants a distinctive feature to everything and then gives hidâyah [Who guides towards the true path].) [Sûrat-u Tâhâ, 50]
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