سورة الإسرَاء
Surah Al-Isrâ’ 17:64
The Night-Journey · Verse 64 of 111
وَاسْتَفْزِزْ مَنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ مِنْهُمْ بِصَوْتِكَ وَأَجْلِبْ عَلَيْهِمْ بِخَيْلِكَ وَرَجِلِكَ وَشَارِكْهُمْ فِي الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَوْلَادِ وَعِدْهُمْ ۚ وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا
Abdul Mannan Omar
`And beguile whomsoever of them you can with your speech and rally your horsemen against them, and your foot men (- fast riders and slow walkers in disobedience, with all your might) and share with them their wealth and children and hold out promises to them (what you like).´ Indeed, satan promises them nothing but mere fraud.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Lead to destruction those whom thou canst among them, with thy (seductive) voice; make assaults on them with thy cavalry and thy infantry; mutually share with them wealth and children; and make promises to them. But Satan promises them nothing but deceit.
Ahmed Ali
Mislead any of them you may with your voice, attack them with your cavalry and soldiers on foot, share their wealth and children with them, and make promises to them." -- But the promises of Satan are nothing but deceit.
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Ali Unal
"Arouse with your (seductive) voice whomever you can from among them, and rally against them with your cavalry and foot soldiers, and be their partner in their wealth and children, and make promises to them. And Satan promises them nothing but deceit.
Daryabadi
And unsettle thou whomsoever of them thou canst with thy voice, and summon against them thine horse and thine foot, and share with them riches- and children, and promise unto them; and the Satan promiseth not but to delude.
Faridul Haque
"And mislead those whom you can among them with your voice, and raise an army against them with your cavalry and infantry, and be their partner in wealth and children, and give them promises"; and Satan does not promise them except with deception.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And incite whom thou canst of them with thy voice, and collect against them thy horse and thy foot, and share with them in wealth and children, and promise them. And the devil promises them only to deceive.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And entice whomsoever of them thou canst with thy voice, and urge against them thy horsemen and thy footmen and share with them in wealth, and their children, and make promises to them.' And Satan promises them naught but deceit.
Muhammad Asad
Entice, then, with thy voice such of them as thou canst, and bear upon them with all thy horses and all thy men, and be their partner in [all sins relating to] worldly goods and children, and hold out [all manner of] promises to them: and [they will not know that] whatever Satan promises them is but meant to delude the mind.
Muhammad Musin Khan
And Istafziz [literally means: befool them gradually] those whom you can among them with your voice (i.e. songs, music, and any other call for Allah's disobedience), make assaults on them with your cavalry and your infantry, mutually share with them wealth and children (by tempting them to earn money by illegal ways usury, etc., or by committing illegal sexual intercourse, etc.), and make promises to them. But Satan promises them nothing but deceit.
Muhammad Pickthall
And excite any of them whom thou canst with thy voice, and urge thy horse and foot against them, and be a partner in their wealth and children, and promise them. Satan promiseth them only to deceive.
Muhammad Sarwar
Draw anyone of them you can into sin by your voice and by your cavalry and infantry, share their property and children with them and make promises to them. Your promises are all lies.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And beguile whomsoever of them you can with your voice, and collect against them your forces riding and on foot, and share with them in wealth and children, and hold out promises to them; and the Shaitan makes not promises to them but to deceive:
Rashad Khalifa
You may entice them with your voice, and mobilize all your forces and all your men against them, and share in their money and children, and promise them. Anything the devil promises is no more than an illusion.
Shabbir Ahmed
"Tempt and allure them with your voice such of them as you can (through the media and show biz, and propaganda against the truth). You may prompt them into armed conflicts, and entice them with monetary help, business partnerships and ready loans. You may misguide the children with detrimental educational programs, and counter-productive recreation. And hold out promises to them.” Whatever Satan promises them, is meant to deceive their mind.
Commentary 17:64 According to the author of Jâmi al-Bayân (Ibn Jarîr) the horsemen and footmen of Iblîs are the armies of the disbelievers creating disorder in the land.…
وَاسْتَفْزِزْ مَنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ مِنْهُم بِصَوْتِكَ وَأَجْلِبْ عَلَيْهِم بِخَيْلِكَ وَرَجِلِكَ وَشَارِكْهُمْ فِي الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَوْلَادِ وَعِدْهُمْ
17:64 According to the author of Jâmi al-Bayân (Ibn Jarîr) the horsemen and footmen of Iblîs are the armies of the disbelievers creating disorder in the land. This meaning is supported by the words مَنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ-“with all your might”, referring to the fighting force. The “sharing of Iblîs in wealth” signifies the possessions acquired by sinful and unlawful means, or those spent on sinful and unlawful purposes. “Sharing in children” is in reference to committing acts of adultery and fornication, which result in births out of wedlock. Istafzizاسْتَفْزِزْ; “To beguile”, “to make weak by way of humiliation”, “to turn away by deceit”, “to make someone weak by way deceit so that the person loses control over himself and becomes the object of humiliation” (Lisân, Tâj, Râghib). Istafziz bi-Sautika بِصَوْتِكَ اسْتَفْزِزْmeans to beguile with speech. The word saut صَوت translated here as “speech” is also in the sense of la’ab لَعب - games of chance and gambling, that make one forgetful of duties towards family and society.