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Quran 47:14

Surah Muhammad, Verse 14

Juz 26 · Page 508 · Ruku 443 · Medinan

أَفَمَن كَانَ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ كَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُۥ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهِۦ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُم

Word by word

أَفَمَن afaman Then is (he) who كَانَ kāna is عَلَىٰ ʿalā on بَيِّنَةٍۢ bayyinatin a clear proof مِّن min from رَّبِّهِۦ rabbihi his Lord كَمَن kaman like (he) who زُيِّنَ zuyyina is made attractive لَهُۥ lahu to him سُوٓءُ sūu (the) evil عَمَلِهِۦ ʿamalihi (of) his deeds وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ wa-ittabaʿū while they follow أَهْوَآءَهُم ahwāahum their desires

Transliteration

Afaman kana AAala bayyinatinmin rabbihi kaman zuyyina lahu soo-o AAamalihi wattabaAAooahwaahum

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Is he who relieth on a clear proof from his Lord like those for whom the evil that they do is beautified while they follow their own lusts?

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Is then one who is on a clear (Path) from his Lord, no better than one to whom the evil of his conduct seems pleasing, and such as follow their own lusts?

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يقول : ( أفمن كان على بينة من ربه ) أي : على بصيرة ويقين في أمر الله ودينه ، بما أنزل الله في كتابه من الهدى والعلم ، وبما جبله الله عليه من الفطرة المستقيمة ، ( كمن زين له سوء عمله واتبعوا أهواءهم ) أي : ليس هذا كهذا كقوله : ( أفمن يعلم أنما أنزل إليك من ربك الحق كمن هو أعمى ) [ الرعد : 19 ] ، وكقوله : ( لا يستوي أصحاب النار وأصحاب الجنة أصحاب الجنة هم الفائزون ) [ الحشر : 20 ] .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.