His saying: "Guide us" (Ihdina)

31 - By the same chain, from Ibn ‘Abbas, who said: Gabriel said: "Say, O Muhammad: 'Guide us,'" meaning: "Inspire us."

[His saying: "The straight path"]

[The first interpretation]

32 - Al-Hasan ibn ‘Arafah narrated to us, Yahya ibn al-Yaman narrated to me, from Hamzah al-Zayyat, from Sa‘d al-Ta’i, from the nephew of al-Harith al-A‘war, from al-Harith, who said: I entered upon ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib and he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) say: "The straight path is the Book of Allah."(1)

And the second interpretation:

33 - My father narrated to us, Abu Salih the scribe of al-Layth narrated to us, Mu‘awiyah ibn Salih narrated to me that ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Jubayr ibn Nufayr narrated to him, from his father, from Nawwas ibn Sam‘an al-Ansari, from the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), that he said: "Allah has struck a parable of a straight path, and the path is Islam."(2)

And the third interpretation:

34 - Sa‘dan ibn Nasr al-Baghdadi narrated to us, Abu al-Nadr Hashim ibn al-Qasim narrated to us, Hamzah ibn al-Mughirah reported to us, from ‘Asim al-Ahwal, from Abu al-‘Aliyah, regarding "Guide us to the straight path," he said: "It is the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) and his two companions after him." ‘Asim said: We mentioned that to al-Hasan, and he said: "Abu al-‘Aliyah has spoken the truth and provided sincere advice."

And the fourth interpretation:

35 - Yahya ibn ‘Abdak narrated to us, Khalid ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Makhzumi narrated to us, ‘Umar ibn Dharr narrated to us, from Mujahid, regarding His saying "the straight path," he said: "The Truth."

36 - ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated to us, Muhammad ibn al-‘Ala’ Abu Kurayb narrated to us, ‘Uthman ibn Sa‘id al-Zayyat narrated to us, Bishr ibn ‘‘Umarah narrated to us, Abu Rawq narrated to us, from al-Dahhak, from Ibn ‘Abbas, regarding "Guide us to the straight path," he says: "Inspire us with Your true religion, and it is that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner."(4)