﴿ أَفَمَن يَمْشِى مُكِبًّا عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِۦٓ أَهْدَىٰٓ أَمَّن يَمْشِى سَوِيًّا عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍۢ مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ ﴾

“But then, is he that goes along with his face close to the ground better guided than he that walks upright on a straight way?”

(Is he who goeth groping on his face) bent down in his error and disbelief, i.e. Abu Jahl Ibn Hisham (more rightly guided) more correct in his religion, (or he who walketh upright on a beaten road) on an established religion with which Allah is pleased, i.e. Islam? This refers to Muhammad (pbuh).