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An-Nisa (The Women)

Verse 119of 176

وَلَأُضِلَّنَّهُمْ وَلَأُمَنِّيَنَّهُمْ وَلَءَامُرَنَّهُمْ فَلَيُبَتِّكُنَّ ءَاذَانَ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ وَلَءَامُرَنَّهُمْ فَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّ خَلْقَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَمَن يَتَّخِذِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ وَلِيًّۭا مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَقَدْ خَسِرَ خُسْرَانًۭا مُّبِينًۭا﴿١١٩

Translation (Sahih International)

And I will mislead them, and I will arouse in them [sinful] desires, and I will command them so they will slit the ears of cattle, and I will command them so they will change the creation of Allah." And whoever takes Satan as an ally instead of Allah has certainly sustained a clear loss.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَأُضِلَّنَّهُمْwala-uḍillannahumAnd I will surely mislead them
وَلَأُمَنِّيَنَّهُمْwala-umanniyannahumand surely arouse desires in them
وَلَـَٔامُرَنَّهُمْwalaāmurannahumand surely I will order them
فَلَيُبَتِّكُنَّfalayubattikunnaso they will surely cut off
ءَاذَانَādhāna(the) ears
ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِl-anʿāmi(of) the cattle
وَلَـَٔامُرَنَّهُمْwalaāmurannahumand surely I will order them
فَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّfalayughayyirunnaso they will surely change
خَلْقَkhalqa(the) creation
ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(of) Allah
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
يَتَّخِذِyattakhidhitakes
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَl-shayṭānathe Shaitaan
وَلِيًّۭاwaliyyan(as) a friend
مِّنminfrom
دُونِdūnibesides
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
فَقَدْfaqadthen surely
خَسِرَkhasirahe (has) lost
خُسْرَانًۭاkhus'rānana loss
مُّبِينًۭاmubīnanmanifest

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Shirk Shall not be Forgiven, in Reality the Idolators Worship ShaytanWe talked about Allah's statement,إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَلِكَ(Verily, Allah forgives not (the sin of) setting up partners (in worship) with Him, but He forgives whom He wills, sins other than that,) before and mentioned the relevant Hadiths in the beginning of this Surah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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