فَمَنْ رَغِبَ عَنْ سُنَّتِي فَلَيْسَ مِنِّي
“Whoever turns away from my way is not of me.”
Man introduces a general conditional sense: “whoever.” Raghiba ʿan means to turn away. Laysa is a verb used to negate a nominal statement; minnī means “of me/from me.”
A useful distinction:
Raghiba fī — to desire or be interested in.
Raghiba ʿan — to turn away from or reject.
Changing the preposition changes the meaning substantially.
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Justice, Accountability, and Moderation in Worship (Accounts 37–38)
فَمَنْ رَغِبَ عَنْ سُنَّتِي فَلَيْسَ مِنِّي
“Whoever turns away from my way is not of me.”
Man introduces a general conditional sense: “whoever.” Raghiba ʿan means to turn away. Laysa is a verb used to negate a nominal statement; minnī means “of me/from me.”
A useful distinction:
Raghiba fī — to desire or be interested in.
Raghiba ʿan — to turn away from or reject.
Changing the preposition changes the meaning substantially.