Surah Fatir, Ayah 8 (35:8)

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أَفَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُۥ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهِۦ فَرَءَاهُ حَسَنًا ۖ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى …

Quran 35:8 is ayah 8 of Surah Fatir (“Originator”), a Meccan surah of 45 ayahs. It is in Juz 22, on page 435 of the Madani Mushaf.

35:8
أَفَمَنزُيِّنَلَهُۥسُوٓءُعَمَلِهِۦفَرَءَاهُحَسَنًا ۖفَإِنَّٱللَّهَيُضِلُّمَنيَشَآءُوَيَهْدِىمَنيَشَآءُ ۖفَلَاتَذْهَبْنَفْسُكَعَلَيْهِمْحَسَرَٰتٍ ۚإِنَّٱللَّهَعَلِيمٌۢبِمَايَصْنَعُونَ٨
afaman zuyyina lahu sūu ʿamalihi faraāhu ḥasanan fa-inna l-laha yuḍillu man yashāu wayahdī man yashāu falā tadhhab nafsuka ʿalayhim ḥasarātin inna l-laha ʿalīmun bimā yaṣnaʿūna

Then is one to whom the evil of his deed has been made attractive so he considers it good [like one rightly guided]? For indeed, Allāh sends astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. So do not let yourself perish over them in regret. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing of what they do.(8)

Word by word

  1. أَفَمَنafamanThen is (he) who
  2. زُيِّنَzuyyinais made fair-seeming
  3. لَهُۥlahuto him
  4. سُوٓءُsūu(the) evil
  5. عَمَلِهِۦʿamalihi(of) his deed
  6. فَرَءَاهُfaraāhuso that he sees it
  7. حَسَنًا ۖḥasanan(as) good
  8. فَإِنَّfa-innaFor indeed
  9. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  10. يُضِلُّyuḍillulets go astray
  11. مَنmanwhom
  12. يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
  13. وَيَهْدِىwayahdīand guides
  14. مَنmanwhom
  15. يَشَآءُ ۖyashāuHe wills
  16. فَلَاfalāSo (let) not
  17. تَذْهَبْtadhhabgo out
  18. نَفْسُكَnafsukayour soul
  19. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimfor them
  20. حَسَرَٰتٍ ۚḥasarātin(in) regrets
  21. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  22. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  23. عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
  24. بِمَاbimāof what
  25. يَصْنَعُونَyaṣnaʿūnathey do

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