Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:120

4:120

يَعِدُهُمْ وَيُمَنِّيهِمْ ۖ وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا

yaʿiduhum wayumannīhim wamā yaʿiduhumu l-shayṭānu illā ghurūran

He [i.e., Satan] promises them and arouses desire in them. But Satan does not promise them except delusion.

— Saheeh International

he makes them promises and raises false hopes, but Satan’s promises are nothing but delusion.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He [Shaitân (Satan)] makes promises to them, and arouses in them false desires; and Shaitân’s (Satân) promises are nothing but deceptions.

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

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Word by Word

يَعِدُهُمْyaʿiduhumHe promises them
وَيُمَنِّيهِمْۖwayumannīhimand arouses desires in them
وَمَاwamāand not
يَعِدُهُمُyaʿiduhumupromises them
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
إِلَّاillāexcept
غُرُورًاghurūrandeception