Quran 4:119 — An-Nisaa, verse 119
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
I will mislead them and incite vain desires in them; I will command them to slit the ears of cattle; I will command them to tamper with God’s creation.’ Whoever chooses Satan as a patron instead of God is utterly ruined:
وَلَأُضِلَّنَّهُمْ وَلَأُمَنِّيَنَّهُمْ وَلَآمُرَنَّهُمْ فَلَيُبَتِّكُنَّ آذَانَ الْأَنْعَامِ وَلَآمُرَنَّهُمْ فَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّ خَلْقَ اللَّهِ ۚ وَمَنْ يَتَّخِذِ الشَّيْطَانَ وَلِيًّا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ فَقَدْ خَسِرَ خُسْرَانًا مُبِينًا
wala-uḍillannahum wala-umanniyannahum walaāmurannahum falayubattikunna ādhāna l-anʿāmi walaāmurannahum falayughayyirunna khalqa l-lahi waman yattakhidhi l-shayṭāna waliyyan min dūni l-lahi faqad khasira khus'rānan mubīnan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and I will lead them astray, and fill them with fancies and I will command them and they will cut off the cattle's ears; I will command them and they will alter God's creation.' Whoso takes Satan to him for a friend, instead of God, has surely suffered a manifest loss.
- Muhammad Asad
- and shall lead them astray, and fill them with vain desires; and I shall command them - and they will cut off the ears of cattle [in idolatrous sacrifice]; and I shall command them - and they will corrupt God's creation!" But all who take Satan rather than God for their master do indeed, most clearly, lose all:
- Sahih International
- And I will mislead them, and I will arouse in them [sinful] desires, and I will command them so they will slit the ears of cattle, and I will command them so they will change the creation of Allāh." And whoever takes Satan as an ally instead of Allāh has certainly sustained a clear loss.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَأُضِلَّنَّهُمْwala-uḍillannahum | And I will surely mislead them | ضلل |
| 2 | وَلَأُمَنِّيَنَّهُمْwala-umanniyannahum | and surely arouse desires in them | مني |
| 3 | وَلَـَٔامُرَنَّهُمْwalaāmurannahum | and surely I will order them | أمر |
| 4 | فَلَيُبَتِّكُنَّfalayubattikunna | so they will surely cut off | بتك |
| 5 | ءَاذَانَādhāna | (the) ears | أذن |
| 6 | ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِl-anʿāmi | (of) the cattle | نعم |
| 7 | وَلَـَٔامُرَنَّهُمْwalaāmurannahum | and surely I will order them | أمر |
| 8 | فَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّfalayughayyirunna | so they will surely change | غير |
| 9 | خَلْقَkhalqa | (the) creation | خلق |
| 10 | ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 11 | وَمَنwaman | And whoever | — |
| 12 | يَتَّخِذِyattakhidhi | takes | أخذ |
| 13 | ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَl-shayṭāna | the Shaitaan | شطن |
| 14 | وَلِيًّۭاwaliyyan | (as) a friend | ولي |
| 15 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 16 | دُونِdūni | besides | دون |
| 17 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 18 | فَقَدْfaqad | then surely | — |
| 19 | خَسِرَkhasira | he (has) lost | خسر |
| 20 | خُسْرَانًۭاkhus'rānan | a loss | خسر |
| 21 | مُّبِينًۭاmubīnan | manifest | بين |