Saba (Sheba)
Verse 20of 54
وَلَقَدْ صَدَّقَ عَلَيْهِمْ إِبْلِيسُ ظَنَّهُۥ فَٱتَّبَعُوهُ إِلَّا فَرِيقًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ﴿٢٠﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
And Iblees had already confirmed through them his assumption, so they followed him, except for a party of believers.
Word-by-word meaning
وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
صَدَّقَṣaddaqafound true
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimabout them
إِبْلِيسُib'līsuIblis
ظَنَّهُۥẓannahuhis assumption
فَٱتَّبَعُوهُfa-ittabaʿūhuso they followed him
إِلَّاillāexcept
فَرِيقًۭاfarīqana group
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
How Iblis' thought about the Disbeliever proved TrueHaving mentioned Saba' and how they followed their desires, and the Shaytan, Allah tells us about their counterparts among those who follow Iblis and their own desires, and who go against wisdom and true guidance.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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