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Surah Saba, Verse 20

سورة سبإ، الآية ٢٠

34:20 Juz 22 Hizb 43 Page 430 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 34:20

وَلَقَدْ صَدَّقَ عَلَيْهِمْ إِبْلِيسُ ظَنَّهُۥ فَٱتَّبَعُوهُ إِلَّا فَرِيقًا مِّنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝٢٠

Transliteration

walaqad ṣaddaqa ʿalayhim ib'līsu ẓannahu fa-ittabaʿūhu illā farīqan mina l-mu'minīna

Translation

And Iblees had already confirmed through them1228 his assumption,1229 so they followed him, except for a party of believers.

Notes

[1228] i.e., the people of Saba’ or mankind in general.
[1229] That mankind could readily be misled by him.

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Verse 20 of Surah Saba (34:20), a Meccan surah, is in juz 22, on page 430 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 20

Al-Mukhtasar

And Iblis confirmed through them what he assumed i.e., that he is able to lead them astray and misguide them from the truth, so they followed him in disbelief and misguidance except a group of the believers, as they ruined his hope by not following him.

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Other translations of verse 20

Satan found his assumption15 about them16 to be true, for they followed him, except for a group of the believers,

Notes

[15] That he would be able to mislead them.
[16] i.e., the people of Sheba or humankind in general.

And indeed Iblîs (Satan) did prove true his thought about them: and they followed him, all except a group of true believers (in the Oneness of Allâh).

And Satan indeed found his calculation true concerning them, for they follow him, all save a group of true believers.

And on them did Satan prove true his idea, and they followed him, all but a party that believed.

And certainly the Shaitan found true his conjecture concerning them, so they follow him, except a party of the believers.

And indeed Iblis already verified his expectation of them, so they closely followed him, except a group of the believers.

Verse 20 word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْ walaqad And certainly
  2. صَدَّقَ ṣaddaqa found true ص د ق
  3. عَلَيْهِمْ ʿalayhim about them
  4. إِبْلِيسُ ib'līsu Iblis
  5. ظَنَّهُۥ ẓannahu his assumption ظ ن ن
  6. فَٱتَّبَعُوهُ fa-ittabaʿūhu so they followed him ت ب ع
  7. إِلَّا illā except
  8. فَرِيقًا farīqan a group ف ر ق
  9. مِّنَ mina of
  10. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ l-mu'minīna the believers أ م ن

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