Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:53

17:53

وَقُل لِّعِبَادِى يَقُولُوا۟ ٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ يَنزَغُ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ كَانَ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ عَدُوًّا مُّبِينًا

waqul liʿibādī yaqūlū allatī hiya aḥsanu inna l-shayṭāna yanzaghu baynahum inna l-shayṭāna kāna lil'insāni ʿaduwwan mubīnan

And tell My servants to say that which is best. Indeed, Satan induces [dissension] among them. Indeed Satan is ever, to mankind, a clear enemy.

— Saheeh International

[Prophet], tell My servants to say what is best. Satan sows discord among them: Satan is a sworn enemy of man.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And say to My slaves (i.e. the true believers of Islâmic Monotheism) that they should (only) say those words that are the best. (Because) Shaitân (Satan) verily, sows a state of conflict and disagreements among them. Surely, Shaitân (Satan) is to man a plain enemy.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَقُلwaqulAnd say
لِّعِبَادِىliʿibādīto My slaves
يَقُولُوا۟yaqūlū(to) say
ٱلَّتِىallatīthat
هِىَhiyawhich
أَحْسَنُۚaḥsanu(is) best
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَl-shayṭānathe Shaitaan
يَنزَغُyanzaghusows discord
بَيْنَهُمْۚbaynahumbetween them
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَl-shayṭānathe Shaitaan
كَانَkānais
لِلْإِنسَـٰنِlil'insānito the man
عَدُوًّۭاʿaduwwanan enemy
مُّبِينًۭاmubīnanclear