سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 112
وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِىٍّ عَدُوًّا شَيَـٰطِينَ ٱلْإِنسِ وَٱلْجِنِّ يُوحِى بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ زُخْرُفَ ٱلْقَوْلِ غُرُورًا ۚ وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ مَا فَعَلُوهُ ۖ فَذَرْهُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَ ﴿112﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And so We have appointed for every Prophet enemies - Shayâtîn (devils) among mankind and jinn, inspiring one another with adorned speech as a delusion (or by way of deception). If your Lord had so willed, they would not have done it; so leave them alone with their fabrications. (Tafsîr Qurtubi)
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
wakadhālika
And thus
جَعَلْنَا
jaʿalnā
We made
لِكُلِّ
likulli
for every
نَبِىٍّ
nabiyyin
Prophet
عَدُوًّۭا
ʿaduwwan
an enemy
شَيَـٰطِينَ
shayāṭīna
devils
ٱلْإِنسِ
l-insi
(from) the mankind
وَٱلْجِنِّ
wal-jini
and the jinn
يُوحِى
yūḥī
inspiring
بَعْضُهُمْ
baʿḍuhum
some of them
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
بَعْضٍۢ
baʿḍin
others
زُخْرُفَ
zukh'rufa
(with) decorative
ٱلْقَوْلِ
l-qawli
[the] speech
غُرُورًۭا ۚ
ghurūran
(in) deception
وَلَوْ
walaw
But if
شَآءَ
shāa
(had) willed
رَبُّكَ
rabbuka
your Lord
مَا
mā
not
فَعَلُوهُ ۖ
faʿalūhu
they (would) have done it
فَذَرْهُمْ
fadharhum
so leave them
وَمَا
wamā
and what
يَفْتَرُونَ
yaftarūna
they invent
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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112. And thus We have made for every prophet enemies—devils from among mankind and jinn—who inspire one another with alluring words in deception [116]. And had your Lord willed, they would not have done it. So leave them and what they fabricate.
[116]
The Misleading Schemes and Propaganda of the Disbelievers:
That is, this battle between truth and falsehood has confronted every prophet. All satanic forces have always stood firmly against the prophets, and among these enemies are not only humans but also devils, who continue to inspire their friends with many seemingly promising schemes, suggesting that this plan could be effective in ending Islam and the Prophet, and that another plan is even better than this one. They also present such schemes that outwardly appear good but are in reality deception and trickery, just as the Jews devised the plan that some Jews should accept faith and then, after a short time, become apostates. The society would then be influenced by this act, thinking that there must be something wrong, otherwise the Jews are learned people—if Islam were the true religion, how could they turn away from the truth? Then they would widely propagate such things among the people. Or, as the polytheists used to say, how strange it is that Muslims consider what Allah has killed (carrion) as forbidden, but what they themselves kill (by slaughter) as lawful.
[116]
The Misleading Schemes and Propaganda of the Disbelievers:
That is, this battle between truth and falsehood has confronted every prophet. All satanic forces have always stood firmly against the prophets, and among these enemies are not only humans but also devils, who continue to inspire their friends with many seemingly promising schemes, suggesting that this plan could be effective in ending Islam and the Prophet, and that another plan is even better than this one. They also present such schemes that outwardly appear good but are in reality deception and trickery, just as the Jews devised the plan that some Jews should accept faith and then, after a short time, become apostates. The society would then be influenced by this act, thinking that there must be something wrong, otherwise the Jews are learned people—if Islam were the true religion, how could they turn away from the truth? Then they would widely propagate such things among the people. Or, as the polytheists used to say, how strange it is that Muslims consider what Allah has killed (carrion) as forbidden, but what they themselves kill (by slaughter) as lawful.
