7وَوَجَدَكَ ضالًّا فَهَدىٰAli UnalAnd find you unguided (by God’s Messengership) and guide (you)?1This refers both to the life of God’s Messenger, upon him be peace and blessings, before his Messengership, and to his every moment compared to a next one, being related to verse 4 above. Verses 42: 52–53 say: And thus (in the ways mentioned), We have revealed to you a spirit of Our command (the life-giving Message, the Qur’ān). You would not (otherwise) have known what the Book was (with all the knowledge it contains and the way of life it establishes), and what faith was (as described by the Book and with all its principles, requirements, and implications). But We have made it a light by which We guide whom We will of Our servants. And, certainly, you (by God’s guidance) guide (people) to a straight path – the path of God; to Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Be aware: all affairs are ultimately referred to God. So although God’s Messenger, upon him be peace and blessings, never and in any way went astray from the Straight Path in creed, even before his Messengership, he did not receive the Revelation during that time and was not guided through it.