Quran 22:52 — Al-Hajj, verse 52
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We have never sent any messenger or prophet before you [Muhammad] into whose wishes Satan did not insinuate something, but God removes what Satan insinuates and then God affirms His message. God is all knowing and wise:
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولٍ وَلَا نَبِيٍّ إِلَّا إِذَا تَمَنَّىٰ أَلْقَى الشَّيْطَانُ فِي أُمْنِيَّتِهِ فَيَنْسَخُ اللَّهُ مَا يُلْقِي الشَّيْطَانُ ثُمَّ يُحْكِمُ اللَّهُ آيَاتِهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ
wamā arsalnā min qablika min rasūlin walā nabiyyin illā idhā tamannā alqā l-shayṭānu fī um'niyyatihi fayansakhu l-lahu mā yul'qī l-shayṭānu thumma yuḥ'kimu l-lahu āyātihi wal-lahu ʿalīmun ḥakīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We sent not ever any Messenger or Prophet before thee, but that Satan cast into his fancy, when he was fancying; but God annuls what Satan casts, then God confirms His signs -- surely God is All-knowing, All-wise --
- Muhammad Asad
- Yet whenever We sent forth any apostle or prophet before thee, and he was hoping [that his warnings would be heeded], Satan would cast an aspersion on his innermost aims: but God renders null and void whatever aspersion Satan may cast; and God makes His messages clear in and by themselves for God is all-knowing, wise.
- Sahih International
- And We did not send before you any messenger or prophet except that when he spoke [or recited], Satan threw into it [some misunderstanding]. But Allāh abolishes that which Satan throws in; then Allāh makes precise His verses. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَآwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnā | We sent | رسل |
| 3 | مِنmin | before you | — |
| 4 | قَبْلِكَqablika | before you | قبل |
| 5 | مِنmin | any | — |
| 6 | رَّسُولٍۢrasūlin | Messenger | رسل |
| 7 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 8 | نَبِىٍّnabiyyin | a Prophet | نبأ |
| 9 | إِلَّآillā | but | — |
| 10 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 11 | تَمَنَّىٰٓtamannā | he recited | مني |
| 12 | أَلْقَىalqā | threw | لقي |
| 13 | ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānu | the Shaitaan | شطن |
| 14 | فِىٓfī | in | — |
| 15 | أُمْنِيَّتِهِۦum'niyyatihi | his recitation | مني |
| 16 | فَيَنسَخُfayansakhu | But Allah abolishes | نسخ |
| 17 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | But Allah abolishes | أله |
| 18 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 19 | يُلْقِىyul'qī | throws | لقي |
| 20 | ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānu | the Shaitaan | شطن |
| 21 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 22 | يُحْكِمُyuḥ'kimu | Allah will establish | حكم |
| 23 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah will establish | أله |
| 24 | ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ ۗāyātihi | His Verses | أيي |
| 25 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 26 | عَلِيمٌʿalīmun | (is) All-Knower | علم |
| 27 | حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmun | All-Wise | حكم |