Hudā [shiriya] a ma'anar harshe yana nufin daidaiton hali [rashad] da nuna hanya [dalālah]. Ana cewa, ‘ya shiryar da shi ga addini’, ma'ana ya jagorance shi zuwa shiriya; ‘na nuna masa hanya da gida’ [ma'ana na sanar da shi]. Ɓata [dhalāl] ita ce akasin rashad. Hidāyah, a ma'anarta ta shari'a, ita ce a shiryar da mutum zuwa Musulunci da kuma samun imani a cikinsa; dhalāl, a ma'anarta ta shari'a, shi ne karkacewa daga Musulunci, kamar yadda Annabi ﷺ ya ce,

Hudā [guidance] linguistically means integrity of conduct [rashad] and showing the way [dalālah]. It is said, ‘he guided him to the deen’, meaning he led him to guidance; ‘I showed him the way and the home’ [meaning to inform him]. Abberance [Dhalāl] is the opposite of consciousness [rashad]. Hidāyah, in its shar’i meaning, is to be guided to Islam and to have imān in it; dhalāl, in its shar’i meaning, is the deviation from Islam, as in the saying of the Prophet PBUH,