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An-Nahl (The Bee)

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تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَمٍۢ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ فَهُوَ وَلِيُّهُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ﴿٦٣﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

By Allah, We did certainly send [messengers] to nations before you, but Satan made their deeds attractive to them. And he is the disbelievers' ally today [as well], and they will have a painful punishment.

Word-by-word meaning

تَٱللَّهِtal-lahiBy Allah
لَقَدْlaqadcertainly
أَرْسَلْنَآarsalnāWe have sent
إِلَىٰٓilāto
أُمَمٍۢumaminnations
مِّنminbefore you
قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
فَزَيَّنَfazayyanabut made fair-seeming
لَهُمُlahumuto them
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْaʿmālahumtheir deeds
فَهُوَfahuwaSo he
وَلِيُّهُمُwaliyyuhumu(is) their ally
ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatoday
وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them
عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌۭalīmunpainful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Finding Consolation in the Reminder of Those Who came beforeAllah says, `He sent Messengers to the nations of the past, and they were rejected. You, O Muhammad, have an example in your brothers among the Messengers, so do not be distressed by your people's rejection. As for the idolators' rejection of the Messengers, the reason for this is that the Shaytan made their deeds attractive to them.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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