The Quran

Preface

وَلا تَطرُدِ الَّذينَ يَدعونَ رَبَّهُم بِالغَداةِ وَالعَشِيِّ يُريدونَ وَجهَهُ ۖ ما عَلَيكَ مِن حِسابِهِم مِن شَيءٍ وَما مِن حِسابِكَ عَلَيهِم مِن شَيءٍ فَتَطرُدَهُم فَتَكونَ مِنَ الظّالِمينَ

Ali Quli Qarai

Do not drive away those who supplicate their Lord morning and evening desiring His face.¹ Neither are you accountable for them in any way, nor are they accountable for you in any way, so that you may drive them away and thus become one of the wrongdoers.

Or ‘desiring only Him.’ The phrase ‘yurīdūna wajha’ has been interpreted variously as meaning ‘seeking His nearness,’ ‘seeking His presence,’ ‘desiring His reward,’ ‘seeking His pleasure,’ and ‘pursuing His path.’ Cf. 18:28.