and taking along such-and-such an amount of water when crossing a certain desert, and camping at one spot rather than another (1). These are forms of guidance for the journey itself (2); a person who knows the route may neglect them, perish, and be cut off from his goal (3).

Likewise, there are matters for which he will still (4) need (5) to (6) obtain (7) guidance in the future just as he obtained it in the past (8).

There are other issues about which he holds no belief, whether true or false (9); in these he needs guidance to the correct position.

There are matters in which he imagines himself to be guided, while he is in fact astray and unaware of it, so he needs Allah to move him away from that belief through His guidance (10).

And there are deeds he has performed in a rightly guided manner, yet he now has to guide others to them (11), direct them, and advise them (12); neglecting to do so will deprive him of further guidance.