The Guiding Light — Page 88
S u r a h a d - D u ha, Chapter 93 88 1. The Holy Prophet sa wandered in search of the ways and means to attain to God, and God revealed to him the law which guided him to the desired goal. 2. He was perplexed and did not know how to find the path that led to the attainment of his quest and God guided him to it (42:53) 3. He was entirely lost in the love of God and did not know how to find Him but God led him to Himself (12:9) 4. He was hidden from the eyes of the world. God discovered him and chose him for the task of leading people to him. Thus the word ﺿﺎل ﺿﺎل ﺿﺎل ﺿﺎل ( da ll ) has not been used in disapprobation but in praise of the Holy Prophet sa. The word in the sense of ‘gone astray’ does not and cannot apply to the Holy Prophet sa since according to another Qur’ a nic verse (53:3) he was immune to error or going astray. Moreover, the six concluding verses of the S u rah reveal a certain sequence—verse 7,8 & 9 standing in close relationship to 10,11&12 respectively; the ﺿﺎل ﺿﺎل ﺿﺎل ﺿﺎل ( da ll ) of verse 8 being substituted by ﺳﺎﺋﻞ ﺳﺎﺋﻞ ﺳﺎﺋﻞ ﺳﺎﺋﻞ ( s a ’il ) of verse 11, explains the significance of the former word which is, ‘one who sought God’s help to be guided to