Surah An-Nahl, ayah 63
تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَمٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ فَهُوَ وَلِيُّهُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
By Allāh, We did certainly send [messengers] to nations before you, but Satan made their deeds attractive to them. And he is their [i.e., the disbelievers] ally today [as well], and they will have a painful punishment.
An-Nahl · 16:63
Word by word
- تَٱللَّهِtal-lahiBy Allah
- لَقَدْlaqadcertainly
- أَرْسَلْنَآarsalnāWe have sent
- إِلَىٰٓilāto
- أُمَمٍۢumaminnations
- مِّنminbefore you
- قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
- فَزَيَّنَfazayyanabut made fair-seeming
- لَهُمُlahumuto them
- ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
- أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْaʿmālahumtheir deeds
- فَهُوَfahuwaSo he
- وَلِيُّهُمُwaliyyuhumu(is) their ally
- ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatoday
- وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them
- عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
- أَلِيمٌۭalīmunpainful
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