Surah Fatir (فاطر) • Originator

Quran 35:8

35:8

أَفَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُۥ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهِۦ فَرَءَاهُ حَسَنًا ۖ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۖ فَلَا تَذْهَبْ نَفْسُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسَرَٰتٍ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَ

afaman zuyyina lahu sūu ʿamalihi faraāhu ḥasanan fa-inna l-laha yuḍillu man yashāu wayahdī man yashāu falā tadhhab nafsuka ʿalayhim ḥasarātin inna l-laha ʿalīmun bimā yaṣnaʿūna

Then is one to whom the evil of his deed has been made attractive so he considers it good [like one rightly guided]? For indeed, Allāh sends astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. So do not let yourself perish over them in regret. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing of what they do.

— Saheeh International

What about those whose evil deeds are made alluring to them so that they think they are good? God leaves whoever He will to stray and guides whoever He will. [Prophet], do not waste your soul away with regret for them: God knows exactly what they do.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Is he, then, to whom the evil of his deeds is made fair-seeming, so that he considers it as good (equal to one who is rightly guided)? Verily, Allâh sends astray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills. So destroy not yourself (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) in sorrow for them. Truly, Allâh is the All-Knower of what they do!

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

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Word by Word

أَفَمَنafamanThen is (he) who
زُيِّنَzuyyinais made fair-seeming
لَهُۥlahuto him
سُوٓءُsūu(the) evil
عَمَلِهِۦʿamalihi(of) his deed
فَرَءَاهُfaraāhuso that he sees it
حَسَنًۭاۖḥasanan(as) good
فَإِنَّfa-innaFor indeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يُضِلُّyuḍillulets go astray
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
وَيَهْدِىwayahdīand guides
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُۖyashāuHe wills
فَلَاfalāSo (let) not
تَذْهَبْtadhhabgo out
نَفْسُكَnafsukayour soul
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimfor them
حَسَرَٰتٍۚḥasarātin(in) regrets
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
بِمَاbimāof what
يَصْنَعُونَyaṣnaʿūnathey do