The Poets (Al-Shu‘ara’) الشعراء 221–227

Surah 26 · 7 verses

221
هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَى مَن تَنَزَّلُ الشَّيَاطِينُ
Shall I tell you upon whom the devils descend?
222
تَنَزَّلُ عَلَى كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ
They descend on every lying sinner,
223
يُلْقُونَ السَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَاذِبُونَ
who lends an ear to them, and most of them are liars.
224
وَالشُّعَرَاء يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الْغَاوُونَ
And as for the poets—it is the misled who follow them.
225
أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِي كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ
Do you not see how they wander aimlessly in every valley,
226
وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ
preaching what they do not practice.
227
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَانتَصَرُوا مِن بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا وَسَيَعْلَمُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَيَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَنقَلِبُونَ
Not so the true believers who do good works and remember God with fervour and defend themselves only after they are wronged. The wrongdoers will soon know how evil a turn their affairs will take.

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