The Holy Quran 7:17 — Surah Al-A'raf

Arabic text

ثُمَّ لَـَٔاتِيَنَّهُم مِّنۢ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ وَعَنْ أَيْمَـٰنِهِمْ وَعَن شَمَآئِلِهِمْ ۖ وَلَا تَجِدُ أَكْثَرَهُمْ شَـٰكِرِينَ

Translation

"(To mislead them,) I will then approach (ambush and confuse) them from the front, from their backs, from their right and their left (in every possible manner and method) and You will not find most of them to be grateful (most of them will follow me and not Your Deen of Islaam)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

That is, I will attack them from every side. The mention of the four directions is meant to indicate all directions. This was the estimate of the accursed Iblis, and it proved correct: وَلَقَدْ صَدَّقَ عَلَيْهِمْ اِبْلِيْسُ ظَنَّهٗ فَاتَّبَعُوْهُ اِلَّا فَرِيْقًا مِّنَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ (“Iblis certainly found his expectation about them to be true, so they…

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