Surah Saba 34:20 — translation and meaning
سبأ · Verse 20 / 54 · Page 430
وَلَقَدْ صَدَّقَ عَلَيْهِمْ إِبْلِيسُ ظَنَّهُ فَاتَّبَعُوهُ إِلَّا فَرِيقًا مِّنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Word by Word
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
صَدَّقَ
saddaqa
found true
عَلَيْهِمْ
alayhim
about them
إِبْلِيسُ
ib'lisu
Iblis
ظَنَّهُ
zannahu
his assumption
فَاتَّبَعُوهُ
fa-ittaba'uhu
so they followed him
إِلَّا
illa
except
فَرِيقًا
fariqan
a group
مِّنَ
mina
of
الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
al-mu'minina
the believers
Transliteration
Wa laqad saddaq 'alaihim Ibleesu zannnabhoo fattaba'oohu illaa fareeqam minal mu'mineen
Translation
And Iblees had already confirmed through them his assumption, so they followed him, except for a party of believers.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
And Iblis confirmed through them what he assumed i.e., that he is able to lead them astray and misguide them from the truth, so they followed him in disbelief and misguidance except a group of the believers, as they ruined his hope by not following him.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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