Surah Al-Isra 17:27 — translation and meaning

الإسراء · Verse 27 / 111 · Page 284

ۖ إِنَّ الْمُبَذِّرِينَ كَانُوا إِخْوَانَ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَكَانَ الشَّيْطَانُ لِرَبِّهِ كَفُورًا

Word by Word

ۖ
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
الْمُبَذِّرِينَ
al-mubadhirina
the spendthrifts
كَانُوا
kanu
are
إِخْوَانَ
ikh'wana
brothers
الشَّيَاطِينِ
al-shayatini
(of) the devils
وَكَانَ
wakana
And is
الشَّيْطَانُ
al-shaytanu
the Shaitaan
لِرَبِّهِ
lirabbihi
to his Lord
كَفُورًا
kafuran
ungrateful

Transliteration

Innal mubazzireena kaanoo ikhwaanash shayaateeni wa kaanash shaytaanu li Rabbihee kafooraa

Translation

Indeed, the wasteful are brothers of the devils, and ever has Satan been to his Lord ungrateful.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Those who spend their wealth in sin and those who are wasteful in their spending are the brothers of the devils, they follow their instructions of being wasteful and extravagant Satan is ever ungrateful towards His Lord, and he only does things that are sinful and only instructs that which displeases His Lord.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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