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Saba 20

Ayah 20 of 54 · Meccan

وَلَقَدۡ صَدَّقَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ إِبۡلِيسُ ظَنَّهُۥ فَٱتَّبَعُوهُ إِلَّا فَرِيقٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٢٠

And Iblees had already confirmed through them1 his assumption,2 so they followed him, except for a party of believers.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., the people of Saba’ or mankind in general.

2 That mankind could readily be misled by him.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَقَدۡAnd certainlywalaqad
  2. صَدَّقَfound trueṣaddaqa
  3. عَلَيۡهِمۡabout themʿalayhim
  4. إِبۡلِيسُIblisib'līsu
  5. ظَنَّهُۥhis assumptionẓannahu
  6. فَٱتَّبَعُوهُso they followed himfa-ittabaʿūhu
  7. إِلَّاexceptillā
  8. فَرِيقٗاa groupfarīqan
  9. مِّنَofmina
  10. ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَthe believersl-mu'minīna

Tafsir

And Iblis confirmed through them what he assumed i.e., that he is able to lead them astray and misguide them from the truth, so they followed him in disbelief and misguidance except a group of the believers, as they ruined his hope by not following him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran