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Al-A'raf 30

Ayah 30 of 206 · Meccan

فَرِيقًا هَدَىٰ وَفَرِيقًا حَقَّ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةُۚ إِنَّهُمُ ٱتَّخَذُواْ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ أَوۡلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهۡتَدُونَ ٣٠

A group [of you] He guided, and a group deserved [to be in] error. Indeed, they [i.e., the latter] had taken the devils as allies instead of Allāh while they thought that they were guided.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَرِيقًاA groupfarīqan
  2. هَدَىٰHe guidedhadā
  3. وَفَرِيقًاand a groupwafarīqan
  4. حَقَّdeserved ḥaqqa
  5. عَلَيۡهِمُ[on] theyʿalayhimu
  6. ٱلضَّلَٰلَةُۚthe astrayingl-ḍalālatu
  7. إِنَّهُمُIndeed, theyinnahumu
  8. ٱتَّخَذُواْtakeittakhadhū
  9. ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَthe devilsl-shayāṭīna
  10. أَوۡلِيَآءَ(as) alliesawliyāa
  11. مِنfrommin
  12. دُونِbesidesdūni
  13. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  14. وَيَحۡسَبُونَwhile they thinkwayaḥsabūna
  15. أَنَّهُمthat theyannahum
  16. مُّهۡتَدُونَ(are the) guided-onesmuh'tadūna

Tafsir

Allah made people into two groups: one group of them He guided, making it easy for them to find guidance and removing the barriers to it; and another He made go astray from the path of truth, because they made the satans their friends and helpers instead of Allah, ignorantly becoming bound to them, considering themselves to be correctly guided to a straight path.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran