The Holy Quran 4:119 — Surah An-Nisa

Arabic text

وَلَأُضِلَّنَّهُمْ وَلَأُمَنِّيَنَّهُمْ وَلَـَٔامُرَنَّهُمْ فَلَيُبَتِّكُنَّ ءَاذَانَ ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ وَلَـَٔامُرَنَّهُمْ فَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّ خَلْقَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَمَن يَتَّخِذِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ وَلِيًّا مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَقَدْ خَسِرَ خُسْرَانًا مُّبِينًا

Translation

(He said further) "I will surely lead them astray and certainly instil hopes (of long lives and great wealth) within them. I shall definitely command (teach) them and (according to my teachings) they will cut the ears of animals (as the Arab Mushrikeen used to do). I will command (teach) them and (accordingly) they will certainly change (alter the appearance of) Allaah's creation." Whoever takes Shaytaan as his friend instead of Allaah has indeed incurred (earned) a manifest (open) loss (because this friendship can lead him only to Jahannam).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

That is, those who fall to my share I shall lead astray from the path of truth, and I shall inspire in them longing for worldly life and the attainment of worldly desires, and for there being no Day of Resurrection, reckoning, record and other matters of the Hereafter, and I shall teach them to slit the ears of cattle and let them loose in the names of…

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