Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold)
Verse 45of 89
وَسْـَٔلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَآ أَجَعَلْنَا مِن دُونِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ءَالِهَةًۭ يُعْبَدُونَ﴿٤٥﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
And ask those We sent before you of Our messengers; have We made besides the Most Merciful deities to be worshipped?
Word-by-word meaning
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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