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dhālika hudā llāhi yahdī bihī man yashāʾu min ʿibādihī wa-law ʾashrakū la-ḥabiṭa ʿanhum mā kānū yaʿmalūna
That is Allah’s guidance: with it, He guides whomever He wishes of His servants. But were they to ascribe any partners [to Allah], what they used to do would not avail them.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Al-‘An’am, Verse 88
88. "Such is the guidance of Allah ; He guides by it whom He pleases of His servants; and if they were to associate others (with Him), certainly what they were doing would be vain for them."
Three Great Privileges!
After mentioning the names of some groups of divine prophets through previous verses, here, in this verse, a main and general outline of their lives are pointed out. At first, it says:
Then, in order that nobody thinks that they have chosen this path obligatorily, and also nobody considers that Allah; (S.w.T.) has had a particular, exceptional and undue regard towards them, the holy verse continues saying:
The last part of the verse means that these prophets are encountered the same divine laws that other people are, and there is no unjust discrimination between them.