Quran 16:63 — An-Nahl, verse 63
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
By God, We have sent messengers before you [Muhammad] to other communities, but Satan made their foul deeds seem alluring to them. He is the patron of these present disbelievers too, and a painful punishment awaits them all.
تَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَىٰ أُمَمٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ فَهُوَ وَلِيُّهُمُ الْيَوْمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
tal-lahi laqad arsalnā ilā umamin min qablika fazayyana lahumu l-shayṭānu aʿmālahum fahuwa waliyyuhumu l-yawma walahum ʿadhābun alīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- By God, assuredly We sent Messengers to nations before thee, but Satan decked out fair to them their deeds; he is their protector today, and there yet awaits them a painful chastisement.
- Muhammad Asad
- By God, [O Prophet,] even before thy time have We sent apostles unto [various] communities: but [those who were bent on denying the truth have always refused to listen to Our messages because] Satan has made all their own doings seem goodly to them: and he is [as] close to them today [as he was to the sinners of yore]; hence, grievous suffering awaits them.
- Sahih International
- By Allāh, We did certainly send [messengers] to nations before you, but Satan made their deeds attractive to them. And he is their [i.e., the disbelievers] ally today [as well], and they will have a painful punishment.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | تَٱللَّهِtal-lahi | By Allah | أله |
| 2 | لَقَدْlaqad | certainly | — |
| 3 | أَرْسَلْنَآarsalnā | We have sent | رسل |
| 4 | إِلَىٰٓilā | to | — |
| 5 | أُمَمٍۢumamin | nations | أمم |
| 6 | مِّنmin | before you | — |
| 7 | قَبْلِكَqablika | before you | قبل |
| 8 | فَزَيَّنَfazayyana | but made fair-seeming | زين |
| 9 | لَهُمُlahumu | to them | — |
| 10 | ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānu | the Shaitaan | شطن |
| 11 | أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْaʿmālahum | their deeds | عمل |
| 12 | فَهُوَfahuwa | So he | — |
| 13 | وَلِيُّهُمُwaliyyuhumu | (is) their ally | ولي |
| 14 | ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawma | today | يوم |
| 15 | وَلَهُمْwalahum | and for them | — |
| 16 | عَذَابٌʿadhābun | (is) a punishment | عذب |
| 17 | أَلِيمٌۭalīmun | painful | ألم |