ٱلنَّحْل : ٦٣

  • تَٱللَّهِ By Allah
  • لَقَدۡ certainly
  • أَرۡسَلۡنَآ We have sent
  • إِلَىٰٓ to
  • أُمَمٖ nations
  • مِّن before you
  • قَبۡلِكَ before you
  • فَزَيَّنَ but made fair-seeming
  • لَهُمُ to them
  • ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ the Shaitaan
  • أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ their deeds
  • فَهُوَ So he
  • وَلِيُّهُمُ (is) their ally
  • ٱلۡيَوۡمَ today
  • وَلَهُمۡ and for them
  • عَذَابٌ (is) a punishment
  • أَلِيمٞ painful
By Allāh, We did certainly send [messengers] to nations before you, but Satan made their deeds attractive to them. And he is their [i.e., the disbelievers] ally today [as well], and they will have a painful punishment.
By God, We verily sent to communities before you, messengers. But Satan adorned for them their deeds, [their] evil [deeds], so that they considered them to be good [deeds] and therefore they denied the messengers. So he is their patron, the guardian of their affairs, today, that is, [now] in this world, and for them there will be a painful chastisement, in the Hereafter. It is also said that by al-yawm, 'today', is meant the Day of Resurrection, narrating the events as though they are taking place [now]. In other words, they have no guardian other than him [in other words, Satan], and as he is incapable of helping himself, how could he possibly help them?