Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
(And this is in order) that the hearts of those who disbelieve in the Hereafter may incline to such (deceit), and that they may remain pleased with it, and that they may commit what they are committing (all kinds of sins and evil deeds).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلِتَصْغَىٰٓwalitaṣghāAnd so that incline
إِلَيْهِilayhito it
أَفْـِٔدَةُafidatuhearts
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
لَاlā(do) not
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter
وَلِيَرْضَوْهُwaliyarḍawhuand so that they may be pleased with it
وَلِيَقْتَرِفُوا۟waliyaqtarifūand so that they may commit
مَاmāwhat
هُمhumthey
مُّقْتَرِفُونَmuq'tarifūna(are) committing
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(Ayah 113) ➊ {وَلِتَصْغٰۤىاِلَيْهِ …… :} Its conjunction is with {’’ غُرُوْرًا ‘‘}, that is, {’’ لِيَغُرُّوْابِذٰلِكَوَلِتَصْغٰي‘‘} “so that they may deceive with it and so that the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter may incline towards it (the falsehood).” This explanation is better than all the other explanations that have been given here. (Razi) ➋ {وَلِيَرْضَوْهُوَلِيَقْتَرِفُوْا …… :}{ ’’اِكْتَسَبَيَكْتَسِبُ ‘‘} refers to both good and bad earnings, whereas {’’ اِقْتَرَفَيَقْتَرِفُ ‘‘} refers to earning bad deeds, meaning that these are all the objectives of these devils with this revelation. (Razi) Shah Abdul Qadir (may Allah have mercy on him) writes that these several verses were revealed when the disbelievers began to say that Muslims eat animals they themselves have slaughtered, but consider what Allah has killed to be forbidden. It was said that such deceptive words are uttered by devils, so that humans may be cast into doubts. It is not the command of reason, but the command of Allah. Further ahead, it is clearly explained that every animal is killed by Allah alone and there is blessing in His name, so whatever is slaughtered in His name is lawful, and whatever dies without His name is carrion. (Mawdhih)
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113. 1. That is, only those people fall prey to satanic whisperings, like them, and act accordingly, who do not believe in the Hereafter. And it is a fact that as the weakness regarding the belief in the Hereafter is increasing among people, in the same proportion people are getting trapped in the satanic net.
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113. And (they do such deeds) so that the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter may incline towards them [117], and so that they may be pleased with it and continue doing the evil deeds they are doing.
[117] These deceptive and fraudulent schemes are devised by these devils so that those who intend to believe may fall into their trap and think that the religion they have been following from before is indeed the truth and correct. Then they devote all their efforts to defending their old religion.