The Holy Quran 35:8 — Surah Fatir

Arabic text

أَفَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُۥ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهِۦ فَرَءَاهُ حَسَنًا ۖ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۖ فَلَا تَذْهَبْ نَفْسُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسَرَٰتٍ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَ

Translation

The person whose evil acts have been beautified for him, causing him to regard them as good (can he be like the one who does good?). Verily Allaah sends astray whoever He wills and guides whoever He wills. So do not let your soul leave (do not grieve) in remorse over them (if they do not accept Imaan). Indeed Allaah has knowledge of what they do (and He will punish them accordingly).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The good and the evil are not equal: that is, the one in whose eyes Shaytan has made an evil deed appear good — can he be equal to the one who, by the grace of Allah, can tell good from evil, regarding virtue as virtue and vice as vice? When the two cannot be equal, how can their end be the same?

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