سورة التكوير، الآية ٢٥
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ ٢٥
wamā huwa biqawli shayṭānin rajīmin
And it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
Verse 25 of Surah At-Takwir (81:25), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 586 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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This Qur’ān is not the speech of a satan distanced from Allah’s mercy.
This [Qur’an] is not the word of an accursed devil.
And it (the Qur’ân) is not the word of the outcast Shaitân (Satan).
Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
And in no way is it the saying of an outcast Shaytan (Ever-vicious "one", i.e., devil)
وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ …
And the devils have not brought it [i.e., the revelation] down. …
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
