THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF HIDAYAH (GUIDANCE)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

السلام عليكم ورحمه الله وبركاته.....

وبعد...

 THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF HIDAYAH (GUIDANCE)

 *HUDA* here means the faith that resides in the heart, and only Allah is able to create it in the heart of the servants. Allah said,

(Verily, you (O Muhammad ) guide not whom you like) (28:56),

(Not upon you (Muhammad ) is their guidance) (2:272),

(Whomsoever Allah sends astray, none can guide him) (7:186), and,

(He whom Allah guides, he is the rightly guided; but he whom He sends astray, for him you will find no Wali (guiding friend) to lead him (to the right path)) (18:17).

 *HUDA* also means to explain the truth, give direction and lead to it. Allah, the Exalted, said,

(And verily, you (O Muhammad ) are indeed guiding (mankind) to the straight path (i.e. Allah's religion of Islamic Monotheism)) (42: 52),

(You are only a warner, and to every people there is a guide) (13:7), and,

(And as for Thamud, We showed and made clear to them the path of truth (Islamic Monotheism) through Our Messenger (i.e. showed them the way of success), but they preferred blindness to guidance) (41:17).

testifying to this meaning.

Also, Allah said,

(And shown him the two ways (good and evil).) (90:10)

This is the view of the scholars who said that the two ways refer to the *PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS* and *EVIL* , which is also the correct explanation. And Allah knows best.

 *THE TRUE RELIGION IS ISLAMIC MONOTHEISM*