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Surah Hud (11) — Ayah 19

Hud · Meccan · Juz 12 · Page 223

ٱلَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ كَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿19﴾
Those who hinder (others) from the Path of Allâh (Islâmic Monotheism), and seek a crookedness therein, while they are disbelievers in the Hereafter.
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna Those who
يَصُدُّونَ yaṣuddūna hinder
عَن ʿan from
سَبِيلِ sabīli (the) way
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah
وَيَبْغُونَهَا wayabghūnahā and seek (in) it
عِوَجًۭا ʿiwajan crookedness
وَهُم wahum while they
بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ bil-ākhirati in the Hereafter
هُمْ hum [they]
كَـٰفِرُونَ kāfirūna (are) disbelievers

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19. 1. That is, in order to prevent people from the path of Allah, they seek crookedness in it and discourage people.