Quran 6:43

Surah Al-An'aam, Verse 43

Juz 7 · Page 132 · Ruku 106 · Meccan

فَلَوْلَآ إِذْ جَآءَهُم بَأْسُنَا تَضَرَّعُوا۟ وَلَٰكِن قَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

Word by word

فَلَوْلَآ falawlā Then why not إِذْ idh when جَآءَهُم jāahum came to them بَأْسُنَا basunā Our punishment تَضَرَّعُوا۟ taḍarraʿū they humbled themselves وَلَـٰكِن walākin But قَسَتْ qasat became hardened قُلُوبُهُمْ qulūbuhum their hearts وَزَيَّنَ wazayyana and made fair-seeming لَهُمُ lahumu to them ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ l-shayṭānu the Shaitaan مَا mā what كَانُوا۟ kānū they used to يَعْمَلُونَ yaʿmalūna do

Transliteration

Falawla ith jaahumba/suna tadarraAAoo walakin qasat quloobuhumwazayyana lahumu ashshaytanu ma kanooyaAAmaloon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

If only, when Our disaster came on them, they had been humble! But their hearts were hardened and the devil made all that they used to do seem fair unto them!

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

When the suffering reached them from us, why then did they not learn humility? On the contrary their hearts became hardened, and Satan made their (sinful) acts seem alluring to them.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

قال الله تعالى : ( فلولا إذ جاءهم بأسنا تضرعوا ) أي : فهلا إذ ابتليناهم بذلك تضرعوا إلينا وتمسكنوا إلينا ( ولكن قست قلوبهم ) أي : ما رقت ولا خشعت ( وزين لهم الشيطان ما كانوا يعملون ) أي : من الشرك والمعاصي .