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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 53of 111

وَقُل لِّعِبَادِى يَقُولُوا۟ ٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ يَنزَغُ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ كَانَ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ عَدُوًّۭا مُّبِينًۭا﴿٥٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And tell My servants to say that which is best. Indeed, Satan induces [dissension] among them. Indeed Satan is ever, to mankind, a clear enemy.

Word-by-word meaning

وَقُلwaqulAnd say
لِّعِبَادِىliʿibādīto My slaves
يَقُولُوا۟yaqūlū(to) say
ٱلَّتِىallatīthat
هِىَhiyawhich
أَحْسَنُ ۚaḥsanu(is) best
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَl-shayṭānathe Shaitaan
يَنزَغُyanzaghusows discord
بَيْنَهُمْ ۚbaynahumbetween them
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَl-shayṭānathe Shaitaan
كَانَkānais
لِلْإِنسَـٰنِlil'insānito the man
عَدُوًّۭاʿaduwwanan enemy
مُّبِينًۭاmubīnanclear

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

People should speak Good Words with PolitenessAllah commands His servant Muhammad ﷺ to tell the believing servants of Allah that they should address one another in their conversations and discussions with the best and politest of words, for if they do not do that, Shaytan will sow discord among them, and words will lead to actions, so that evil and conflicts and fights will arise among them. For Shaytan is the enemy of Adam and his descendants, and has been since he refused to prostrate to Adam.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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