Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

The satan promises you poverty, and enjoins upon you sexual immorality, but God promises you forgiveness and bounty from Him; and God is encompassing and knowing.

اَلشَّيْطَانُ يَعِدُكُمُ الْفَقْرَ وَيَأْمُرُكُمْ بِالْفَحْشَٓاءِۚ وَاللّٰهُ يَعِدُكُمْ مَغْفِرَةً مِنْهُ وَفَضْلاًۜ وَاللّٰهُ وَاسِعٌ عَل۪يمٌۚ
Ashshaytanu yaAAidukumualfaqra waya/murukum bilfahsha-i wallahuyaAAidukum maghfiratan minhu wafadlan wallahuwasiAAun AAaleem
#wordmeaningroot
1al-shayṭānuThe Shaitaanشطن
2yaʿidukumupromises youوعد
3l-faqra[the] povertyفقر
4wayamurukumand orders youامر
5bil-faḥshāito immoralityفحش
6wal-lahuwhile Allah
7yaʿidukumpromises youوعد
8maghfiratanforgivenessغفر
9min'hufrom Him
10wafaḍlanand bountyفضل
11wal-lahuAnd Allah
12wāsiʿun(is) All-Encompassingوسع
13ʿalīmunAll-Knowingعلم
  • Aisha Bewley

    Shaytan promises you poverty and commands you to self-gratification. Allah promises you forgiveness from Him and abundance. Allah is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing.

  • Progressive Muslims

    The devil promises you poverty and orders you to evil, while God promises forgiveness from Him and favour. God is Encompassing, Knowledgeable.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Satan, your selfish desire, scares you with poverty; that if you spent on others, you might become destitute. It teaches you stinginess to the extent of shame. Allah, the All-Embracing, All-Knowing promises you the protection of Forgiveness from Himself, and abundant Bounty. (And, In the Divine Order, the society would return to you more than you spend on it).

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    The satan promises you poverty, and enjoins upon you sexual immorality, but God promises you forgiveness and bounty from Him; and God is encompassing and knowing.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    The devil promises you poverty and orders you to immorality, while God promises forgiveness from Him and grace. God is Encompassing, Knowledgeable.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    The devil promises you poverty and orders you to evil, while God promises forgiveness from Him and favor. God is Encompassing, Knowledgeable.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    The devil promises you poverty and commands you to commit evil, while GOD promises you forgiveness from Him and grace. GOD is Bounteous, Omniscient.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Satan threatens you with want, and orders you (to commit) shameful acts. But God promises His pardon and grace, for God is bounteous and all-knowing.

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    Satan threatens you with poverty and orders you to immorality, while Allah promises you forgiveness from Him and bounty. And Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing.

  • Muhammad Asad

    Satan threatens you with the prospect of poverty and bids you to be niggardly, whereas God promises you His forgiveness and bounty; and God is infinite, all-knowing,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    The devil promiseth you destitution and enjoineth on you lewdness. But Allah promiseth you forgiveness from Himself with bounty. Allah is All-Embracing, All-knowing.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Satan frightens you with poverty and bids you to commit indecency whereas Allah promises you His forgiveness and bounty. Allah is Munificent, All-Knowing.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    AL-Shaytan deceives your judgement in order to cause falsity to be accepted as true, he threatens you with poverty in consequence for spending in divine service and he portrays to you what would insidiously allure your minds’ eyes and tempt you to commit morally evil acts whereas Allah promises you forgiveness from heaven’s realm and confers upon you efficacious grace. And Allah is Wasi‘un, His grace abounds in the universe, He is Alimun.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    The Satan frightens you with poverty (preventing you from charity) and invites you to commit indecencies (to make more money as a security cushion. ) God, on the contrary, promises to forgive you and to increase your standard of living. God is Ample-Giving and Knows everything.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Shaitân (Satan) threatens you with poverty and orders you to commit Fahshâ (evil deeds, illegal sexual intercourse, sins); whereas Allâh promises you Forgiveness from Himself and Bounty, and Allâh is All-Sufficient for His creatures’ needs, All-Knower.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    The Evil one threatens you with poverty and bids you to conduct unseemly. Allah promiseth you His forgiveness and bounties. And Allah careth for all and He knoweth all things.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    The Devil threatens you with ˹the prospect of˺ poverty and bids you to the shameful deed ˹of stinginess˺, while Allah promises you forgiveness and ˹great˺ bounties from Him. And Allah is All-Bountiful, All-Knowing.

  • Taqi Usmani

    Satan frightens you with poverty, and bids you to commit indecency, and Allah promises you forgiveness from Him, and grace as well. And Allah is All-Embracing, All-Knowing.

  • Abdul Haleem

    Satan threatens you with the prospect of poverty and commands you to do foul deeds; God promises you His forgiveness and His abundance: God is limitless and all knowing,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Satan promises you poverty, and bids you unto indecency; but God promises you His pardon and His bounty; and God is All-embracing, All-knowing.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    The devil promises you poverty and bids you sin, but God promises you pardon from Him and grace, for God both embraces and knows.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    The devil promises you destitution and bids you sin, but Allah promises you pardon from Him and grace, for Allah is both All-Embracing and All-Knowing.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Ash-shaytan (The all-vicious, the Devil) promises you poverty and commands you to obscenity; and Allah promises you forgiveness from Him, and Grace; and Allah is Ever-Embracing Ever-Knowing.

  • George Sale

    The devil threateneth you with poverty, and commandeth you filthy covetousness, but God promiseth you pardon from himself and abundance: God bounteous and wise.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    The Satan causes you to fear poverty and makes you act in a selfish way. Allah promises you His forgiveness and (His) bounties. And Allah is Enough (Wasi’), All Knowing (Aleem).

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Satan threatens you with poverty and incites you to niggardliness. But Allâh promises you forgiveness from Himself and affluence. And Allâh is Bountiful, All-Knowing.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Satan frightens you of poverty and prompts you to indecent acts. But Allah promises you His forgiveness and grace, and Allah is all-bounteous, all-knowing.