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Al-Isra 53

Ayah 53 of 111 · Meccan

وَقُل لِّعِبَادِي يَقُولُواْ ٱلَّتِي هِيَ أَحۡسَنُۚ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَ يَنزَغُ بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَ كَانَ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ عَدُوّٗا مُّبِينٗا ٥٣

And tell My servants to say that which is best. Indeed, Satan induces [dissension] among them. Indeed Satan is ever, to mankind, a clear enemy.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقُلAnd saywaqul
  2. لِّعِبَادِيto My slavesliʿibādī
  3. يَقُولُواْ(to) sayyaqūlū
  4. ٱلَّتِيthatallatī
  5. هِيَwhichhiya
  6. أَحۡسَنُۚ(is) bestaḥsanu
  7. إِنَّIndeedinna
  8. ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَthe Shaitaanl-shayṭāna
  9. يَنزَغُsows discordyanzaghu
  10. بَيۡنَهُمۡۚbetween thembaynahum
  11. إِنَّIndeedinna
  12. ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَthe Shaitaanl-shayṭāna
  13. كَانَiskāna
  14. لِلۡإِنسَٰنِto the manlil'insāni
  15. عَدُوّٗاan enemyʿaduwwan
  16. مُّبِينٗاclearmubīnan

Tafsir

Say, O Messenger, to my believing servants: that they should say good words when speaking and refrain from bad off-putting words, because the satan exploits them to spread between them what will spoil their worldly life and their Hearafter. Surely, the satan is an open enemy, so it is necessary to be wary of him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran