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And that (read anna, with lām [of li-anna, 'because'] being implied, or inna, as beginning a new sentence) this, that I have charged you with, is My straight path (mustaqīman, 'straight', is a circumstantial qualifier), so follow it; and do not follow other ways, paths opposed to it, lest it separate you (tafarraqa: one of the two letters tā' [of the original tatafarraqa] has been omitted) make you incline, away from His way, His religion. This is what He has ordained for you, that perhaps you will be Allahu ta’ālā-fearing'.