Surah An-Nahl 16:63 — translation and meaning

النحل · Verse 63 / 128 · Page 273

تَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَى أُمَمٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ فَهُوَ وَلِيُّهُمُ الْيَوْمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Word by Word

تَاللَّهِ
tal-lahi
By Allah
لَقَدْ
laqad
certainly
أَرْسَلْنَا
arsalna
We have sent
إِلَى
ila
to
أُمَمٍ
umamin
nations
مِّن
min
before you
قَبْلِكَ
qablika
before you
فَزَيَّنَ
fazayyana
but made fair-seeming
لَهُمُ
lahumu
to them
الشَّيْطَانُ
al-shaytanu
the Shaitaan
أَعْمَالَهُمْ
a'malahum
their deeds
فَهُوَ
fahuwa
So he
وَلِيُّهُمُ
waliyyuhumu
(is) their ally
الْيَوْمَ
al-yawma
today
وَلَهُمْ
walahum
and for them
عَذَابٌ
adhabun
(is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌ
alimun
painful

Transliteration

Tallaahi laqad arsalnaaa ilaaa umamim min qablika fazayyana lahumush Shaitaanu a'maalahum fahuwa waliyyuhumul yawma wa lahum 'azaabun aleem

Translation

By Allah, We did certainly send [messengers] to nations before you, but Satan made their deeds attractive to them. And he is the disbelievers' ally today [as well], and they will have a painful punishment.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

By Allah, We sent Messengers to communities before you - O Messenger, but Satan made their evil deeds of idolatry, disbelief and sins seem good to them. He is their so-called helper on the Day of Judgement so let them ask him for help. They will have a painful punishment of the Day of Judgement.

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

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