Quran 35:8 — Faatir, verse 8
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
What about those whose evil deeds are made alluring to them so that they think they are good? God leaves whoever He will to stray and guides whoever He will. [Prophet], do not waste your soul away with regret for them: God knows exactly what they do.
أَفَمَنْ زُيِّنَ لَهُ سُوءُ عَمَلِهِ فَرَآهُ حَسَنًا ۖ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُضِلُّ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۖ فَلَا تَذْهَبْ نَفْسُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسَرَاتٍ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَ
afaman zuyyina lahu sūu ʿamalihi faraāhu ḥasanan fa-inna l-laha yuḍillu man yashāu wayahdī man yashāu falā tadhhab nafsuka ʿalayhim ḥasarātin inna l-laha ʿalīmun bimā yaṣnaʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And what of him, the evil of whose deeds has been decked out fair to him, so that he thinks it is good? God leads astray whomsoever He will, and whomsoever He will He guides; so let not thy soul be wasted in regrets for them; God has knowledge of the things they work.
- Muhammad Asad
- Is, then, he to whom the evil of his own doings is [so] alluring that [in the end] he regards it as good [anything but a follower of Satan]? For, verily, God lets go astray him that wills [to go astray], just as He guides him that wills [to be guided]. Hence, [O believer,] do not waste thyself in sorrowing over them: verily, God has full knowledge of all that they do!
- Sahih International
- Then is one to whom the evil of his deed has been made attractive so he considers it good [like one rightly guided]? For indeed, Allāh sends astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. So do not let yourself perish over them in regret. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing of what they do.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَفَمَنafaman | Then is (he) who | — |
| 2 | زُيِّنَzuyyina | is made fair-seeming | زين |
| 3 | لَهُۥlahu | to him | — |
| 4 | سُوٓءُsūu | (the) evil | سوأ |
| 5 | عَمَلِهِۦʿamalihi | (of) his deed | عمل |
| 6 | فَرَءَاهُfaraāhu | so that he sees it | رأي |
| 7 | حَسَنًۭا ۖḥasanan | (as) good | حسن |
| 8 | فَإِنَّfa-inna | For indeed | — |
| 9 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 10 | يُضِلُّyuḍillu | lets go astray | ضلل |
| 11 | مَنman | whom | — |
| 12 | يَشَآءُyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 13 | وَيَهْدِىwayahdī | and guides | هدي |
| 14 | مَنman | whom | — |
| 15 | يَشَآءُ ۖyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 16 | فَلَاfalā | So (let) not | — |
| 17 | تَذْهَبْtadhhab | go out | ذهب |
| 18 | نَفْسُكَnafsuka | your soul | نفس |
| 19 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | for them | — |
| 20 | حَسَرَٰتٍ ۚḥasarātin | (in) regrets | حسر |
| 21 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 22 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 23 | عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun | (is) All-Knower | علم |
| 24 | بِمَاbimā | of what | — |
| 25 | يَصْنَعُونَyaṣnaʿūna | they do | صنع |