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Al-Hajj 52

Ayah 52 of 78 · Medinan

وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٖ وَلَا نَبِيٍّ إِلَّآ إِذَا تَمَنَّىٰٓ أَلۡقَى ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ فِيٓ أُمۡنِيَّتِهِۦ فَيَنسَخُ ٱللَّهُ مَا يُلۡقِي ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ ثُمَّ يُحۡكِمُ ٱللَّهُ ءَايَٰتِهِۦۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٞ ٥٢

And We did not send before you any messenger or prophet except that when he spoke [or recited], Satan threw into it [some misunderstanding]. But Allāh abolishes that which Satan throws in; then Allāh makes precise His verses.1 And Allāh is Knowing and Wise.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Clarifying those issues which were misunderstood to remove any doubt.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَآAnd notwamā
  2. أَرۡسَلۡنَاWe sentarsalnā
  3. مِنbefore youmin
  4. قَبۡلِكَbefore youqablika
  5. مِنanymin
  6. رَّسُولٖMessengerrasūlin
  7. وَلَاand notwalā
  8. نَبِيٍّa Prophetnabiyyin
  9. إِلَّآbutillā
  10. إِذَاwhenidhā
  11. تَمَنَّىٰٓhe recitedtamannā
  12. أَلۡقَىthrewalqā
  13. ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُthe Shaitaanl-shayṭānu
  14. فِيٓinfī
  15. أُمۡنِيَّتِهِۦhis recitationum'niyyatihi
  16. فَيَنسَخُBut Allah abolishesfayansakhu
  17. ٱللَّهُBut Allah abolishesl-lahu
  18. مَاwhatmā
  19. يُلۡقِيthrowsyul'qī
  20. ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُthe Shaitaanl-shayṭānu
  21. ثُمَّthenthumma
  22. يُحۡكِمُAllah will establishyuḥ'kimu
  23. ٱللَّهُAllah will establishl-lahu
  24. ءَايَٰتِهِۦۗHis Versesāyātihi
  25. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  26. عَلِيمٌ(is) All-Knowerʿalīmun
  27. حَكِيمٞAll-Wiseḥakīmun

Tafsir

O Messenger, I did not send before you any messenger or prophet except that when he read the Book of Allah, the satan put doubts in his recitation. Then Allah would nullify the whisperings the satan would put, and establish His verses. Allah knows everything, nothing being hidden from Him, and is Wise in His creating, decreeing and planning.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran