Surah 4. An-Nisaa, Ayah 76
| الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۖ وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ الطَّاغُوتِ فَقَاتِلُوا أَوْلِيَاءَ الشَّيْطَانِ ۖ إِنَّ كَيْدَ الشَّيْطَانِ كَانَ ضَعِيفًا |
| Transliteration | : | 'alladhena 'aamano yuqaatilon fe sabel 'allaah wa- 'alladhena kafaro yuqaatilon fe sabel at.- t.aaghot fa- qaatilo awliyaa' ash- shayt.aan 'inna kayd ash- shayt.aan kaana d.acef(an) |
| Pickthall | : | Those who believe do battle for the cause of Allah; and those who disbelieve do battle for the cause of idols. So fight the minions of the devil. Lo! the devil's strategy is ever weak. |
| Asad | : | Those who have attained to faith fight in the cause of God, whereas those who are bent on denying the truth fight in the cause of the powers of evil. Fight, then, against those friends of Satan: verily, Satan's guile is weak indeed!90 |
| Malik | : | Those who are believers fight in the cause of Allah and those who are unbelievers fight in the cause of Taghut (forces of Shaitan): so fight against the helpers of Shaitan; surely, Shaitan's crafty schemes are very weak. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah and those who reject faith fight in the cause of evil: so fight ye against the friends of Satan: feeble indeed is the cunning of Satan. 594 |
Note - 90Thus the Qur'an implies that "evil" is not an
independent, esoteric factor of life, but rather a result
of man's succumbing to the temptations arising from his
own moral weakness and thereby "denying the truth". In
other words, the "power" of the negative principle
symbolized by Satan has no intrinsic reality ("Satan's
guile is weak indeed"): it becomes real only through
man's wilfully choosing a wrong course of action.
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Note - 594Auliyaa plural of wali, friend, supporter, protector,
patron; from the same root as maula, for which see iv.
33, n. 543.
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Thus the Qur'an implies that "evil" is not an independent, esoteric factor of life, but rather a result of man's succumbing to the temptations arising from his own moral weakness and thereby "denying the truth". In other words, the "power" of the negative principle symbolized by Satan has no intrinsic reality ("Satan's guile is weak indeed"): it becomes real only through man's wilfully choosing a wrong course of action. |
