Quran 22:4 — Al-Hajj, verse 4
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
fated to lead astray those who take his side, and guide them to the suffering of the blazing flame.
كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ مَنْ تَوَلَّاهُ فَأَنَّهُ يُضِلُّهُ وَيَهْدِيهِ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ السَّعِيرِ
kutiba ʿalayhi annahu man tawallāhu fa-annahu yuḍilluhu wayahdīhi ilā ʿadhābi l-saʿīri
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- against whom it is written down that whosoever takes him for a friend, him he leads astray, and he guides him to the chastisement of the burning.
- Muhammad Asad
- about which it has been decreed that whoever entrusts himself to it, him will it lead astray and guide towards the suffering of the blazing flame!
- Sahih International
- It has been decreed for him [i.e., every devil] that whoever turns to him - he will misguide him and will lead him to the punishment of the Blaze.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | كُتِبَkutiba | It has been decreed | كتب |
| 2 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | for him | — |
| 3 | أَنَّهُۥannahu | that he | — |
| 4 | مَنman | who | — |
| 5 | تَوَلَّاهُtawallāhu | befriends him | ولي |
| 6 | فَأَنَّهُۥfa-annahu | then indeed, he | — |
| 7 | يُضِلُّهُۥyuḍilluhu | will misguide him | ضلل |
| 8 | وَيَهْدِيهِwayahdīhi | and will guide him | هدي |
| 9 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 10 | عَذَابِʿadhābi | (the) punishment | عذب |
| 11 | ٱلسَّعِيرِl-saʿīri | (of) the Blaze | سعر |