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Al-A'raf 175

Ayah 175 of 206 · Meccan

وَٱتۡلُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَبَأَ ٱلَّذِيٓ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَٱنسَلَخَ مِنۡهَا فَأَتۡبَعَهُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡغَاوِينَ ١٧٥

And recite to them, [O Muḥammad], the news of him1 to whom We gave [knowledge of] Our signs, but he detached himself from them; so Satan pursued him, and he became of the deviators.2

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 A man from the Children of Israel at the time of Moses.

2 Those who deliberately persist in error to the point of destruction.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَٱتۡلُAnd recitewa-ut'lu
  2. عَلَيۡهِمۡto themʿalayhim
  3. نَبَأَ(the) storynaba-a
  4. ٱلَّذِيٓ(of the) one whomalladhī
  5. ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُWe gave [him]ātaynāhu
  6. ءَايَٰتِنَاOur Versesāyātinā
  7. فَٱنسَلَخَbut he detachedfa-insalakha
  8. مِنۡهَا[from] themmin'hā
  9. فَأَتۡبَعَهُso followed himfa-atbaʿahu
  10. ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُthe Shaitaanl-shayṭānu
  11. فَكَانَand he becamefakāna
  12. مِنَofmina
  13. ٱلۡغَاوِينَthose gone astrayl-ghāwīna

Tafsir

Recite to the Israelites the news of the man from among them who Allah gave His signs to, so that he knew and understood the truth which they directed him to. But he did not act according to them, leaving them and removing himself away from them, so that Satan became his close companion, and he became one of those who go astray and are ruined, after he had been one of those who were rightly-guided and on the path to being saved.

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