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Al-Furqan 29

Ayah 29 of 77 · Meccan

لَّقَدۡ أَضَلَّنِي عَنِ ٱلذِّكۡرِ بَعۡدَ إِذۡ جَآءَنِيۗ وَكَانَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ خَذُولٗا ٢٩

He led me away from the remembrance1 after it had come to me. And ever is Satan, to man, a deserter."2

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., the Qur’ān or the remembrance of Allāh.

2 Forsaking him once he has led him into evil.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَّقَدۡVerilylaqad
  2. أَضَلَّنِيhe led me astrayaḍallanī
  3. عَنِfromʿani
  4. ٱلذِّكۡرِthe Reminderl-dhik'ri
  5. بَعۡدَafterbaʿda
  6. إِذۡ[when]idh
  7. جَآءَنِيۗit (had) come to mejāanī
  8. وَكَانَAnd iswakāna
  9. ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُthe Shaitaanl-shayṭānu
  10. لِلۡإِنسَٰنِto the manlil'insāni
  11. خَذُولٗاa deserterkhadhūlan

Tafsir

This disbelieving friend led me away from the Qur’ān after it reached me through the Messenger. Satan has always been one who betrays man often. When some difficulty comes on him, he renounces him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran