Surah Az-Zukhruf — Verse 36

The Ornaments of Gold · 43:36 · 36/89

وَمَن يَعْشُ عَن ذِكْرِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهُۥ شَيْطَـٰنًا فَهُوَ لَهُۥ قَرِينٌ

Waman yaAAshu AAan thikri arrahmaninuqayyid lahu shaytanan fahuwa lahu qareen

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most Merciful - We appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a companion.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

We assign an evil one as a comrade for whoever turns away from the revelations of the Lord of Mercy:

Marmaduke Pickthall

And he whose sight is dim to the remembrance of the Beneficent, We assign unto him a devil who becometh his comrade;

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

If anyone withdraws himself from remembrance of (Allah) Most Gracious, We appoint for him an evil one, to be an intimate companion to him.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Whoever makes himself blind against the advice of RaHmān, We assign for him a devil who accompanies him all the time.

Al-Hilali & Khan

And whosoever turns away blindly from the remembrance of the Most Gracious (Allâh) (i.e. this Qur’ân and worship of Allâh), We appoint for him Shaitan (Satan - devil) to be a Qarîn (a companion) to him.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

He who is negligent to remember the Merciful One, to him We assign a satan as his boon companion,

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

But as for anyone who chooses to remain blind to the remembrance of the Most Gracious, to him We assign an [enduring] evil impulse, to become his other self: