يَعِدُهُمْ وَيُمَنِّيهِمْ ۖ وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا
- EnglishSaheeh International
- He [i.e., Satan] promises them and arouses desire in them. But Satan does not promise them except delusion.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- ஷைத்தான் அவர்களுக்கு வாக்களிக்கிறான்;. அவர்களுக்கு வீணான எண்ணங்களையும் உண்டாக்குகிறான்;. மேலும் அந்த ஷைத்தான் ஏமாற்றுவதைத் தவிர வேறு (எதனையும்) அவர்களுக்கு வாக்களிக்கவில்லை.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ඔවුනට ඔහු පොරොන්දු දෙයි. තවද ඔවුනට ආශාවන් ඇති කරයි. ෂෙයිතාන් රැවටීම මිස ඔවුනට පොරොන්දු නො දෙයි.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- وه ان سے زبانی وعدے کرتا رہے گا، اور سبز باغ دکھاتا رہے گا، (مگر یاد رکھو!) شیطان کے جو وعدے ان سے ہیں وه سراسر فریب کاریاں ہیں۔
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- （悪魔は）かれらと約束を結び，虚しい欲望に耽らせるであろう。だが悪魔の約束は，欺瞞に過ぎない。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他应许他们，并使他们妄想--恶魔只为诱惑而应许他们--
Tafsir of 4:120
Shirk Shall not be Forgiven, in Reality the Idolators Worship Shaytan We talked about Allah's statement, إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَلِكَ (Verily, Allah forgives not (the sin of) setting up partners (in worship) with Him, but He forgives whom He wills, sins other than that,) before and mentioned the relevant Hadiths in the beginning of this Surah. Allah's statement, وَمَن يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَلاً بَعِيداً (and whoever sets up partners in worship with Allah, has indeed strayed far away.) means, he will have taken other than the true path, deviated from guidance and righteousness, destroyed himself in this life and the Hereafter, and lost contentment in this life and the Hereafter. Juwaybir said that Ad-Dahhak said about Allah's statement, إِن يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ إِلاَّ إِنَثاً (They invoke nothing but female deities besides Him (Allah),) "The idolators claimed that the angels are Allah's daughters, saying, `We only worship them so that they bring us closer to Allah.' So they took the angels as gods, made the shapes of girls and decided, `These (idols) resemble the daughters of Allah (i.e., the angels), Whom we worship.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
