Surah Saba (سبإ) • Sheba

Quran 34:20

34:20

وَلَقَدْ صَدَّقَ عَلَيْهِمْ إِبْلِيسُ ظَنَّهُۥ فَٱتَّبَعُوهُ إِلَّا فَرِيقًا مِّنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

walaqad ṣaddaqa ʿalayhim ib'līsu ẓannahu fa-ittabaʿūhu illā farīqan mina l-mu'minīna

And Iblees had already confirmed through them his assumption, so they followed him, except for a party of believers.

— Saheeh International

Satan was proved right in his opinion of them, for they all followed him- except for a group of believers-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And indeed Iblîs (Satan) did prove true his thought about them: and they followed him, all except a group of true believers (in the Oneness of Allâh).

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

Juz 22Page 430meccan

Word by Word

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
صَدَّقَṣaddaqafound true
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimabout them
إِبْلِيسُib'līsuIblis
ظَنَّهُۥẓannahuhis assumption
فَٱتَّبَعُوهُfa-ittabaʿūhuso they followed him
إِلَّاillāexcept
فَرِيقًۭاfarīqana group
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers