Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And: “I will lead them astray”; and: “I will arouse desires in them”; and: “I will command them and they will slit the ears of cattle”; and: “I will command them and they will change the creation of God.” And whoso takes the satan for ally instead of God, he has suffered clear loss.

وَلَاُضِلَّنَّهُمْ وَلَاُمَنِّيَنَّهُمْ وَلَاٰمُرَنَّهُمْ فَلَيُبَتِّكُنَّ اٰذَانَ الْاَنْعَامِ وَلَاٰمُرَنَّهُمْ فَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّ خَلْقَ اللّٰهِۜ وَمَنْ يَتَّخِذِ الشَّيْطَانَ وَلِياًّ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ فَقَدْ خَسِرَ خُسْرَاناً مُب۪يناًۜ
Walaodillannahum walaomanniyannahumwalaamurannahum falayubattikunna athana al-anAAamiwalaamurannahum falayughayyirunna khalqa Allahiwaman yattakhithi ashshaytana waliyyan mindooni Allahi faqad khasira khusranan mubeena
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1wala-uḍillannahumAnd I will surely mislead themضلل
2wala-umanniyannahumand surely arouse desires in themمني
3walaāmurannahumand surely I will order themامر
4falayubattikunnaso they will surely cut offبتك
5ādhāna(the) earsاذن
6l-anʿāmi(of) the cattleنعم
7walaāmurannahumand surely I will order themامر
8falayughayyirunnaso they will surely changeغير
9khalqa(the) creationخلق
10l-lahi(of) Allah
11wamanAnd whoever
12yattakhidhitakesاخذ
13l-shayṭānathe Shaitaanشطن
14waliyyan(as) a friendولي
15minfrom
16dūnibesidesدون
17l-lahiAllah
18faqadthen surely
19khasirahe (has) lost خسر
20khus'rānana lossخسر
21mubīnanmanifestبين
  • Aisha Bewley

    I will lead them astray and fill them with false hopes. I will command them and they will cut off cattle’s ears. I will command them and they will change Allah’s creation.’ Anyone who takes Shaytan as his protector in place of Allah has clearly lost everything.

  • Progressive Muslims

    "And I will misguide them and make them desire, and I will command them, so that they will mark the ears of the livestock, and I will command them so they will make change to God's creation. " Whoever takes the devil as a supporter other than God, then he has indeed lost a great loss.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Satan (Iblis) in allegorical terms had said, "I surely will lead them astray, I will entice them, confound them. " (2:34-36), (7:11), (15:30-32), (17:62), (18:50), (20:116), (38:74). According to Satan's promise, these representatives of his mislead men and women away from the Qur'an, and confound them with ritualism and superstitions, such as magic, dreams, astrology, amulets, numerology, ghoul, exorcism, and vain beliefs. Marking cattle's ears, choosing red cows or black goats for specific sacrifices, are superstitions that the clergy propagates. They try to present the Laws of Allah operative in the World of Creation in a distorted fashion. They assign miracles to living or dead "saints" ignoring the Law of Cause and Effect (4:51), (4:60). Whoever befriends this handiwork of Satan, has ignored Allah. Such a person is verily a loser and his loss is manifest.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And: “I will lead them astray”; and: “I will arouse desires in them”; and: “I will command them and they will slit the ears of cattle”; and: “I will command them and they will change the creation of God.” And whoso takes the satan for ally instead of God, he has suffered clear loss.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    "And I will misguide them and make them desire, and I will command them, so that they will mark the ears of the livestock, and I will command them so they will make changes to the creation of God." Whoever takes the devil as a supporter other than God, then he has indeed lost a great loss.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    "I will misguide them and make them desire, and I will command them, so that they will mark the ears of the livestock, and I will command them so they will make change to God's creation." Whoever takes the devil as a supporter other than God, then he has indeed lost a great loss.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    "I will mislead them, I will entice them, I will command them to (forbid the eating of certain meats by) marking the ears of livestock, and I will command them to distort the creation of GOD." Anyone who accepts the devil as a lord, instead of GOD, has incurred a profound loss.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    And mislead them and tempt them, and order them to slit the ears of animals; and order them to alter God's creation. " He who holds Satan as friend in place of God will assuredly be damned to perdition.

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

    And I will mislead them, and I will arouse in them desires, and I will command them so they will slit the ears of cattle, and I will command them so they will change the creation of Allah. " And whoever takes Satan as an ally instead of Allah has certainly sustained a clear loss.

  • Muhammad Asad

    and shall lead them astray, and fill them with vain desires; and I shall command them - and they will cut off the ears of cattle ; and I shall command them - and they will corrupt God's creation!" But all who take Satan rather than God for their master do indeed, most clearly, lose all:

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And surely I will lead them astray, and surely I will arouse desires in them, and surely I will command them and they will cut the cattle' ears, and surely I will command them and they will change Allah's creation. Whoso chooseth Satan for a patron instead of Allah is verily a loser and his loss is manifest.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    and shall lead them astray, and shall engross them in vain desires, and I shall command them and they will cut off the ears of the cattle, and I shall command them and they will disfigure Allah's creation.' He who took Satan rather than Allah for his guardian has indeed suffered a man-ifest loss.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    "I will lead them wrong, " he said, "and I will lead them by the nose to an evil line of conduct and arouse in them vain desires and stir up their sinful sensuous appetite. " "I will command them to receive the pagan superstition and slit and cut the ears of cattle and I will command them to change the course and order of things wherein they were set at the creation." And he who puts himself under the tutelage of AL-Shaytan besides Allah, shall have been a great loser.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    The Satan said: "I will mislead men, make them to fall into vain desires, create pagan rituals for them and entice them to change the nature of God’s creation . " The one who takes Satan (and not God) as his guide, is a big time looser.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Verily, I will mislead them, and surely, I will arouse in them false desires; and certainly, I will order them to slit the ears of cattle, and indeed I will order them to change the nature created by Allâh." And whoever takes Shaitân (Satan) as a Walî (protector or helper) instead of Allâh, has surely suffered a manifest loss.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    "I will mislead them, and I will create in them false desires; I will order them to slit the ears of cattle, and to deface the (fair) nature created by Allah." Whoever, forsaking Allah, takes satan for a friend, hath of a surety suffered a loss that is manifest.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    I will certainly mislead them and delude them with empty hopes. Also, I will order them and they will slit the ears of cattle and alter Allah’s creation." And whoever takes Satan as a guardian instead of Allah has certainly suffered a tremendous loss.

  • Taqi Usmani

    and I will lead them astray, and I will tempt them with false hopes, and I will command them, whereby they shall slit the ears of cattle, and I will command them, whereby they shall alter the creation of Allah." Whoever takes the Satan for friend, instead of Allah, incurs an obvious loss.

  • Abdul Haleem

    I will mislead them and incite vain desires in them; I will command them to slit the ears of cattle; I will command them to tamper with God’s creation.’ Whoever chooses Satan as a patron instead of God is utterly ruined:

  • Arthur John Arberry

    and I will lead them astray, and fill them with fancies and I will command them and they will cut off the cattle's ears; I will command them and they will alter God's creation. ' Whoso takes Satan to him for a friend, instead of God, has surely suffered a manifest loss.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    and I will lead them astray; and I will stir up vain desires within them; and I will order them and they shall surely crop the ears of cattle; and I will order them and they shall surely alter God's creation;' but he who takes the devil for his patron instead of God, he loses with a manifest loss.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And surely I will lead them astray; and I will stir up vain desires within them; and I will order them and they shall surely crop the ears of cattle (superstitious practices); and I will order them and they shall surely alter (or corrupt) Allah's creation. " But he who takes the devil for his patron instead of Allah, he loses with a manifest loss.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And indeed I will definitely lead them into error, and indeed I will definitely arouse (vain) covetings in them, and indeed I will definitely command them (and) so indeed they will definitely cut off the cattle's ears; (One of the superstitions of the pagans) and indeed I will definitely command them (and) so indeed they will definitely change the creation of Allah. " And whoever takes Ash-Shaytan (An all-vicious one, i.e., satan) to himself for a constant patron apart from Allah, then he has already suffered (Literally: lost) evidently the greatest loss.

  • George Sale

    and I will seduce them, and will insinuate vain desires into them, and I will command them and they shall cut off the ears of cattle; and I will command them and they shall change God's creature. But whoever taketh Satan for his patron, besides God, shall surely perish with a manifest destruction.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    "Verily, I will mislead them, and surely, I will create in them false desires; And certainly, I will order them to slit the ears of cattle, and surely, I will order them to spoil the (fair) nature created by Allah. " Whoever, by rejecting Allah, takes Satan for a friend, instead of (taking) Allah, (he) has surely suffered a clear loss.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    `And certainly, I will lead them astray and assuredly I will arouse vain desires in them, and I will incite them (to polytheistic practices) and they will slit the ears of cattle (as a mark of their dedication to their deities), and I will most assuredly make them change (for the worse,) the things created by Allâh. ' And he who takes this satan to him for a friend rather than Allâh, has of course suffered an evident loss.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    and I will lead them astray and give them hopes, and prompt them to slit the ears of cattle, and I will prompt them to alter Allah’s creation. ’ Whoever takes Satan as a guardian instead of Allah has certainly incurred a manifest loss.