Surah Al-Hajj, Ayah 53 (22:53)

ٱلْحَجّ

لِّيَجْعَلَ مَا يُلْقِى ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَٱلْقَاسِيَةِ …

Quran 22:53 is ayah 53 of Surah Al-Hajj (“The Pilgrimage”), a Medinan surah of 78 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 338 of the Madani Mushaf.

22:53
لِّيَجْعَلَمَايُلْقِىٱلشَّيْطَٰنُفِتْنَةًلِّلَّذِينَفِىقُلُوبِهِممَّرَضٌوَٱلْقَاسِيَةِقُلُوبُهُمْ ۗوَإِنَّٱلظَّٰلِمِينَلَفِىشِقَاقٍۭبَعِيدٍ٥٣
liyajʿala mā yul'qī l-shayṭānu fit'natan lilladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍun wal-qāsiyati qulūbuhum wa-inna l-ẓālimīna lafī shiqāqin baʿīdin

[That is] so He may make what Satan throws in [i.e., asserts] a trial for those within whose hearts is disease and those hard of heart. And indeed, the wrongdoers are in extreme dissension.(53)

Word by word

  1. لِّيَجْعَلَliyajʿalaThat He may make
  2. مَاmāwhat
  3. يُلْقِىyul'qīthe Shaitaan throws
  4. ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan throws
  5. فِتْنَةًfit'natana trial
  6. لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those
  7. فِىfīin
  8. قُلُوبِهِمqulūbihimtheir hearts
  9. مَّرَضٌmaraḍun(is) a disease
  10. وَٱلْقَاسِيَةِwal-qāsiyatiand (are) hardened
  11. قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗqulūbuhumtheir hearts
  12. وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
  13. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers
  14. لَفِىlafī(are) surely, in
  15. شِقَاقٍۭshiqāqinschism
  16. بَعِيدٍbaʿīdinfar

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