Dalālah
Pointing out a route that leads toward a desired destination.
One ordinary meaning of hidāyah is showing the path leading to the desired goal. In this sense the guide can truly give guidance by identifying a correct route, even if the recipient does not follow it.
Suppose a traveler receives correct directions but chooses another road and never reaches the destination. The directions were sound, though arrival did not occur. By contrast, the creation of ihtidāʾ refers to the actual state of becoming rightly guided. Ordinary semantic range must be distinguished from the particular theological dispute.