Surah Al-Hajj, Ayah 4 (22:4)

ٱلْحَجّ

كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُۥ مَن تَوَلَّاهُ فَأَنَّهُۥ يُضِلُّهُۥ وَيَهْدِيهِ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

Quran 22:4 is ayah 4 of Surah Al-Hajj (“The Pilgrimage”), a Medinan surah of 78 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 332 of the Madani Mushaf.

22:4
كُتِبَعَلَيْهِأَنَّهُۥمَنتَوَلَّاهُفَأَنَّهُۥيُضِلُّهُۥوَيَهْدِيهِإِلَىٰعَذَابِٱلسَّعِيرِ٤
kutiba ʿalayhi annahu man tawallāhu fa-annahu yuḍilluhu wayahdīhi ilā ʿadhābi l-saʿīri

It has been decreed for him [i.e., every devil] that whoever turns to him - he will misguide him and will lead him to the punishment of the Blaze.(4)

Word by word

  1. كُتِبَkutibaIt has been decreed
  2. عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor him
  3. أَنَّهُۥannahuthat he
  4. مَنmanwho
  5. تَوَلَّاهُtawallāhubefriends him
  6. فَأَنَّهُۥfa-annahuthen indeed, he
  7. يُضِلُّهُۥyuḍilluhuwill misguide him
  8. وَيَهْدِيهِwayahdīhiand will guide him
  9. إِلَىٰilāto
  10. عَذَابِʿadhābi(the) punishment
  11. ٱلسَّعِيرِl-saʿīri(of) the Blaze

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