وَمَن يَعۡشُ عَن ذِكۡرِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ نُقَيِّضۡ لَهُۥ شَيۡطَٰنٗا فَهُوَ لَهُۥ قَرِينٞ ٣٦
And whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most Merciful - We appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a companion.
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وَمَن And whoever waman يَعۡشُ turns away yaʿshu عَن from ʿan ذِكۡرِ (the) remembrance dhik'ri ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ (of) the Most Gracious l-raḥmāni نُقَيِّضۡ We appoint nuqayyiḍ لَهُۥ for him lahu شَيۡطَٰنٗا a devil shayṭānan فَهُوَ then he fahuwa لَهُۥ (is) to him lahu قَرِينٞ a companion qarīnun Tafsir And whoever turns away from this Qur’ān that was revealed to Muhammad (peace be upon him), I shall set a satan upon him who will lure him with falsehood and lead him astray; it will remain with him wherever he goes.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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