Surah Az-Zukhruf (الزخرف) • The Ornaments of Gold

Quran 43:36

43:36

وَمَن يَعْشُ عَن ذِكْرِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهُۥ شَيْطَـٰنًا فَهُوَ لَهُۥ قَرِينٌ

waman yaʿshu ʿan dhik'ri l-raḥmāni nuqayyiḍ lahu shayṭānan fahuwa lahu qarīnun

And whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most Merciful - We appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a companion.

— Saheeh International

We assign an evil one as a comrade for whoever turns away from the revelations of the Lord of Mercy:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And whosoever turns away blindly from the remembrance of the Most Gracious (Allâh) (i.e. this Qur’ân and worship of Allâh), We appoint for him Shaitan (Satan - devil) to be a Qarîn (a companion) to him.

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

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Word by Word

وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
يَعْشُyaʿshuturns away
عَنʿanfrom
ذِكْرِdhik'ri(the) remembrance
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāni(of) the Most Gracious
نُقَيِّضْnuqayyiḍWe appoint
لَهُۥlahufor him
شَيْطَـٰنًۭاshayṭānana devil
فَهُوَfahuwathen he
لَهُۥlahu(is) to him
قَرِينٌۭqarīnuna companion