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Al-An'am 112

Ayah 112 of 165 · Meccan

وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلۡنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عَدُوّٗا شَيَٰطِينَ ٱلۡإِنسِ وَٱلۡجِنِّ يُوحِي بَعۡضُهُمۡ إِلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ زُخۡرُفَ ٱلۡقَوۡلِ غُرُورٗاۚ وَلَوۡ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ مَا فَعَلُوهُۖ فَذَرۡهُمۡ وَمَا يَفۡتَرُونَ ١١٢

And thus We have made for every prophet an enemy - devils from mankind and jinn, inspiring to one another decorative speech in delusion. But if your Lord had willed, they would not have done it, so leave them and that which they invent.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَكَذَٰلِكَAnd thuswakadhālika
  2. جَعَلۡنَاWe madejaʿalnā
  3. لِكُلِّfor everylikulli
  4. نَبِيٍّProphetnabiyyin
  5. عَدُوّٗاan enemy ʿaduwwan
  6. شَيَٰطِينَdevilsshayāṭīna
  7. ٱلۡإِنسِ(from) the mankindl-insi
  8. وَٱلۡجِنِّand the jinnwal-jini
  9. يُوحِيinspiringyūḥī
  10. بَعۡضُهُمۡsome of thembaʿḍuhum
  11. إِلَىٰtoilā
  12. بَعۡضٖothersbaʿḍin
  13. زُخۡرُفَ(with) decorativezukh'rufa
  14. ٱلۡقَوۡلِ[the] speechl-qawli
  15. غُرُورٗاۚ(in) deceptionghurūran
  16. وَلَوۡBut ifwalaw
  17. شَآءَ(had) willedshāa
  18. رَبُّكَyour Lordrabbuka
  19. مَاnotmā
  20. فَعَلُوهُۖthey (would) have done itfaʿalūhu
  21. فَذَرۡهُمۡso leave themfadharhum
  22. وَمَاand whatwamā
  23. يَفۡتَرُونَthey inventyaftarūna

Tafsir

Just as I tested you with the hostility of these idolaters towards you, I tested every prophet before you. I made for each of them enemies of rebellious men and jinn, who used to whisper evil in the hearts of one another, beautifying falsehood in order to deceive them. If I willed them not to do so, they would not have done that; but I willed it as a test for them. So leave them to their fabrications of disbelief and falsehood, and pay no attention to them.

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