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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 30of 206

فَرِيقًا هَدَىٰ وَفَرِيقًا حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةُ ۗ إِنَّهُمُ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ﴿٣٠

Translation (Sahih International)

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

Word-by-word meaning

فَرِيقًاfarīqanA group
هَدَىٰhadāHe guided
وَفَرِيقًاwafarīqanand a group
حَقَّḥaqqadeserved
عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimu[on] they
ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةُ ۗl-ḍalālatuthe astraying
إِنَّهُمُinnahumuIndeed, they
ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūtake
ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَl-shayāṭīnathe devils
أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa(as) allies
مِنminfrom
دُونِdūnibesides
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَيَحْسَبُونَwayaḥsabūnawhile they think
أَنَّهُمannahumthat they
مُّهْتَدُونَmuh'tadūna(are the) guided-ones

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Disbelievers commit Sins and claim that Allah commanded Them to do so!Mujahid said, "The idolators used to go around the House (Ka`bah) in Tawaf while naked, saying, `We perform Tawaf as our mothers gave birth to us.' The woman would cover her sexual organ with something saying, `Today, some or all of it will appear, but whatever appears from it, I do not allow it (it is not for adultery or for men to enjoy looking at!).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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