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Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold)

Verse 41of 89

فَإِمَّا نَذْهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَإِنَّا مِنْهُم مُّنتَقِمُونَ﴿٤١

Translation (Sahih International)

And whether [or not] We take you away [in death], indeed, We will take retribution upon them.

Word-by-word meaning

فَإِمَّاfa-immāAnd whether
نَذْهَبَنَّnadhhabannaWe take you away
بِكَbikaWe take you away
فَإِنَّاfa-innāthen indeed, We
مِنْهُمmin'humfrom them
مُّنتَقِمُونَmuntaqimūna(will) take retribution

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Shaytan is the Companion of the One Who turns away from Ar-Rahmanوَمَن يَعْشُ(And whosoever Ya`shu (turns away blindly)) means, whoever willfully ignores and turns awayعَن ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمَـنِ(from the remembrance of the Most Gracious,) Al-`Asha (the root of Ya`sh) refers to weakness of vision; what is meant here is weakness of insight.نُقَيِّضْ لَهُ شَيْطَاناً فَهُوَ لَهُ قَرِينٌ(We appoint for him Shaytan to be a Qarin (a companion) to him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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