Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:112

6:112

وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِىٍّ عَدُوًّا شَيَـٰطِينَ ٱلْإِنسِ وَٱلْجِنِّ يُوحِى بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ زُخْرُفَ ٱلْقَوْلِ غُرُورًا ۚ وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ مَا فَعَلُوهُ ۖ فَذَرْهُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَ

wakadhālika jaʿalnā likulli nabiyyin ʿaduwwan shayāṭīna l-insi wal-jini yūḥī baʿḍuhum ilā baʿḍin zukh'rufa l-qawli ghurūran walaw shāa rabbuka mā faʿalūhu fadharhum wamā yaftarūna

And thus We have made for every prophet an enemy - devils from mankind and jinn, inspiring to one another decorative speech in delusion. But if your Lord had willed, they would not have done it, so leave them and that which they invent.

— Saheeh International

In the same way We assigned to each prophet an enemy, evil humans and evil jinn. They suggest alluring words to one another in order to deceive- if it had been your Lord’s will, [Prophet], they would not have done this: leave them to their inventions-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And so We have appointed for every Prophet enemies - Shayâtîn (devils) among mankind and jinn, inspiring one another with adorned speech as a delusion (or by way of deception). If your Lord had so willed, they would not have done it; so leave them alone with their fabrications. (Tafsîr Qurtubi)

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

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وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe made
لِكُلِّlikullifor every
نَبِىٍّnabiyyinProphet
عَدُوًّۭاʿaduwwanan enemy
شَيَـٰطِينَshayāṭīnadevils
ٱلْإِنسِl-insi(from) the mankind
وَٱلْجِنِّwal-jiniand the jinn
يُوحِىyūḥīinspiring
بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them
إِلَىٰilāto
بَعْضٍۢbaʿḍinothers
زُخْرُفَzukh'rufa(with) decorative
ٱلْقَوْلِl-qawli[the] speech
غُرُورًۭاۚghurūran(in) deception
وَلَوْwalawBut if
شَآءَshāa(had) willed
رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
مَاmānot
فَعَلُوهُۖfaʿalūhuthey (would) have done it
فَذَرْهُمْfadharhumso leave them
وَمَاwamāand what
يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūnathey invent