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Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)

Verse 52of 78

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍۢ وَلَا نَبِىٍّ إِلَّآ إِذَا تَمَنَّىٰٓ أَلْقَى ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ فِىٓ أُمْنِيَّتِهِۦ فَيَنسَخُ ٱللَّهُ مَا يُلْقِى ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ ثُمَّ يُحْكِمُ ٱللَّهُ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌۭ﴿٥٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And We did not send before you any messenger or prophet except that when he spoke [or recited], Satan threw into it [some misunderstanding]. But Allah abolishes that which Satan throws in; then Allah makes precise His verses. And Allah is Knowing and Wise.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَآwamāAnd not
أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
مِنminbefore you
قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
مِنminany
رَّسُولٍۢrasūlinMessenger
وَلَاwalāand not
نَبِىٍّnabiyyina Prophet
إِلَّآillābut
إِذَاidhāwhen
تَمَنَّىٰٓtamannāhe recited
أَلْقَىalqāthrew
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
فِىٓin
أُمْنِيَّتِهِۦum'niyyatihihis recitation
فَيَنسَخُfayansakhuBut Allah abolishes
ٱللَّهُl-lahuBut Allah abolishes
مَاwhat
يُلْقِىyul'qīthrows
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
ثُمَّthummathen
يُحْكِمُyuḥ'kimuAllah will establish
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah will establish
ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ ۗāyātihiHis Verses
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmunAll-Wise

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

How the Shaytan threw some Falsehood into the Words of the Messengers, and how Allah abolishedAt this point many of the scholars of Tafsir mentioned the story of the Gharaniq and how many of those who had migrated to Ethiopia came back when they thought that the idolators of the Quraysh had become Muslims, but these reports all come through Mursal chains of narration and I do not think that any of them may be regarded as Sahih. And Allah knows best.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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