Surah Al-Hashr (الحشر) • The Exile

Quran 59:16

59:16

كَمَثَلِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ إِذْ قَالَ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ ٱكْفُرْ فَلَمَّا كَفَرَ قَالَ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّنكَ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

kamathali l-shayṭāni idh qāla lil'insāni uk'fur falammā kafara qāla innī barīon minka innī akhāfu l-laha rabba l-ʿālamīna

[The hypocrites are] like the example of Satan when he says to man, "Disbelieve." But when he disbelieves, he says, "Indeed, I am disassociated from you. Indeed, I fear Allāh, Lord of the worlds."

— Saheeh International

Like Satan, who says to man, ‘Do not believe!’ but when man disbelieves, says, ‘I disown you; I fear God, the Lord of the Worlds,’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

(Their allies deceived them) like Shaitân (Satan), when he says to man: "Disbelieve in Allâh." But when (man) disbelieves in Allâh, Shaitân (Satan) says: "I am free of you, I fear Allâh, the Lord of the ‘Âlamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists)!"

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

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Word by Word

كَمَثَلِkamathaliLike (the) example
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِl-shayṭāni(of) the Shaitaan
إِذْidhwhen
قَالَqālahe says
لِلْإِنسَـٰنِlil'insānito man
ٱكْفُرْuk'furDisbelieve
فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
كَفَرَkafarahe disbelieves
قَالَqālahe says
إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I am
بَرِىٓءٌۭbarīondisassociated
مِّنكَminkafrom you
إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, [I]
أَخَافُakhāfuI fear
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
رَبَّrabba(the) Lord
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds