Quran 7:30 — Al-A'raaf, verse 30
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Some He has guided and some are doomed to stray: they have taken evil ones rather than God as their masters, thinking that they are rightly guided.
فَرِيقًا هَدَىٰ وَفَرِيقًا حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الضَّلَالَةُ ۗ إِنَّهُمُ اتَّخَذُوا الشَّيَاطِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ مُهْتَدُونَ
farīqan hadā wafarīqan ḥaqqa ʿalayhimu l-ḍalālatu innahumu ittakhadhū l-shayāṭīna awliyāa min dūni l-lahi wayaḥsabūna annahum muh'tadūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- a part He guided, and a part justly disposed to error -- they have taken Satans for friends instead of God, and think them guided.'
- Muhammad Asad
- some [of you] He will have graced with His guidance, whereas, for some a straying from the right path will have become unavoidable: for, behold, they will have taken [their own] evil impulses for their masters in preference to God, thinking all the while that they have found the right path!"
- Sahih International
- A group [of you] He guided, and a group deserved [to be in] error. Indeed, they [i.e., the latter] had taken the devils as allies instead of Allāh while they thought that they were guided.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَرِيقًاfarīqan | A group | فرق |
| 2 | هَدَىٰhadā | He guided | هدي |
| 3 | وَفَرِيقًاwafarīqan | and a group | فرق |
| 4 | حَقَّḥaqqa | deserved | حقق |
| 5 | عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimu | [on] they | — |
| 6 | ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةُ ۗl-ḍalālatu | the astraying | ضلل |
| 7 | إِنَّهُمُinnahumu | Indeed, they | — |
| 8 | ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhū | take | أخذ |
| 9 | ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَl-shayāṭīna | the devils | شطن |
| 10 | أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa | (as) allies | ولي |
| 11 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 12 | دُونِdūni | besides | دون |
| 13 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 14 | وَيَحْسَبُونَwayaḥsabūna | while they think | حسب |
| 15 | أَنَّهُمannahum | that they | — |
| 16 | مُّهْتَدُونَmuh'tadūna | (are the) guided-ones | هدي |