سُوْرَةُ النَّحْلِ
Surah An-Nahl (16) — Ayah 63
تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَمٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ فَهُوَ وَلِيُّهُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ﴿63﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
By Allâh, We indeed sent (Messengers) to the nations before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم), but Shaitân (Satan) made their deeds fair-seeming to them. So he (Satan) is their Wali (helper) today (i.e. in this world), and theirs will be a painful torment.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
تَٱللَّهِ
tal-lahi
By Allah
لَقَدْ
laqad
certainly
أَرْسَلْنَآ
arsalnā
We have sent
إِلَىٰٓ
ilā
to
أُمَمٍۢ
umamin
nations
مِّن
min
before you
قَبْلِكَ
qablika
before you
فَزَيَّنَ
fazayyana
but made fair-seeming
لَهُمُ
lahumu
to them
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ
l-shayṭānu
the Shaitaan
أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ
aʿmālahum
their deeds
فَهُوَ
fahuwa
So he
وَلِيُّهُمُ
waliyyuhumu
(is) their ally
ٱلْيَوْمَ
l-yawma
today
وَلَهُمْ
walahum
and for them
عَذَابٌ
ʿadhābun
(is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌۭ
alīmun
painful
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
63. 1 Because of which they also denied the messengers just as the Prophet of the Quraysh of Makkah is denying you.
63. 2 From اَلْیَوْمَ either the worldly time is meant, as is clear from the translation, or it refers to the Hereafter, that there too he will be their companion. That is, this very Shaytan who misled the previous nations, today he is the friend of these disbelievers of Makkah and is compelling them to deny the messengership.
63. 2 From اَلْیَوْمَ either the worldly time is meant, as is clear from the translation, or it refers to the Hereafter, that there too he will be their companion. That is, this very Shaytan who misled the previous nations, today he is the friend of these disbelievers of Makkah and is compelling them to deny the messengership.
