[659] A symbol of the Straight Path (cf. 6: 153) that leads to deliverance, Islam (cf. al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī). Zayd Ibn Arqam (رضي الله عنه) narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “I’ll leave with you behind me two grave matters. The first is the Book of Almighty Allah. It is the rope of Allah; whoever follows it is guided and whoever does not has gone astray”. (Muslim: 2408)
[660] After the Battle of Ḥunayn the Prophet (ﷺ) addressed his Anṣār Companions by saying: “Have I not found you: lost and Allah guided you by me? Destitute and Allah made you well-to-do by me? Divided and Allah united you by me?” (Muslim: 1061)