Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:24

27:24

وَجَدتُّهَا وَقَوْمَهَا يَسْجُدُونَ لِلشَّمْسِ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ فَصَدَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ فَهُمْ لَا يَهْتَدُونَ

wajadttuhā waqawmahā yasjudūna lilshamsi min dūni l-lahi wazayyana lahumu l-shayṭānu aʿmālahum faṣaddahum ʿani l-sabīli fahum lā yahtadūna

I found her and her people prostrating to the sun instead of Allāh, and Satan has made their deeds pleasing to them and averted them from [His] way, so they are not guided,

— Saheeh International

[but] I found that she and her people worshipped the sun instead of God. Satan has made their deeds seem alluring to them, and diverted them from the right path: they cannot find the right path.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"I found her and her people worshipping the sun instead of Allâh, and Shaitân (Satan) has made their deeds fair-seeming to them, and has barred them from (Allâh’s) Way: so they have no guidance."

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

Juz 19Page 379meccan

Word by Word

وَجَدتُّهَاwajadttuhāAnd I found her
وَقَوْمَهَاwaqawmahāand her people
يَسْجُدُونَyasjudūnaprostrating
لِلشَّمْسِlilshamsito the sun
مِنmininstead of Allah
دُونِdūniinstead of Allah
ٱللَّهِl-lahiinstead of Allah
وَزَيَّنَwazayyanaand has made fair-seeming
لَهُمُlahumuto them
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْaʿmālahumtheir deeds
فَصَدَّهُمْfaṣaddahumand averted them
عَنِʿanifrom
ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīlithe Way
فَهُمْfahumso they
لَاlā(are) not
يَهْتَدُونَyahtadūnaguided