Quran 6:129 — Al-An'aam, verse 129
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
In this way, We make some evildoers have power over others through their misdeeds.
وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُوَلِّي بَعْضَ الظَّالِمِينَ بَعْضًا بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
wakadhālika nuwallī baʿḍa l-ẓālimīna baʿḍan bimā kānū yaksibūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So We make the evildoers friends of each other for what they have earned.
- Muhammad Asad
- And in this manner do We cause evildoers to seduce one another by means of their (evil] doings.
- Sahih International
- And thus will We make some of the wrongdoers allies of others for what they used to earn.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālika | And thus | — |
| 2 | نُوَلِّىnuwallī | We make friends | ولي |
| 3 | بَعْضَbaʿḍa | some (of) | بعض |
| 4 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |
| 5 | بَعْضًۢاbaʿḍan | (to) others | بعض |
| 6 | بِمَاbimā | for what | — |
| 7 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used to | كون |
| 8 | يَكْسِبُونَyaksibūna | earn | كسب |