Hudā [hidoyat] lug'atda to'g'ri yo'l yurish [rashad] va yo'lni ko'rsatish [dalolat] ma'nolarini anglatadi. Aytiladi: "U uni dinga hidoyat qildi", ya'ni uni to'g'ri yo'lga boshladi; "Men unga yo'lni va uyni ko'rsatdim" [ya'ni uni xabardor qildim]. Dalol [zalolat] — rashadning zidi. Hidoyat shar'iy ma'noda — Islomga yo'naltirilish va unga iymon keltirish; zalolat shar'iy ma'noda — Islomdan chetga og'ish, Payg'ambar ﷺ aytgan hadisda bo'lganidek.

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,