النساء
An-Nisa
Surah 4
Verse 121
النساء
The Women • madinah
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العربیّا عثمانی (Arabic Uthmani)
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
English - Five Volume Translation
English - Short Commentary Translation
English - Topics
4:121
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
He holds out promises to them and raises vain desires in them, and Satan promises them nothing but vain things.
English - Five Volume Translation
[a]He holds out promises to them and raises vain desires in them, and Satan promises them nothing but vain things.[587]
14:23; 17:65.
Important Words:
غرورا (vain things) is derived from غر. They say غرہ i.e. he deceived him; he beguiled him; he made him desire what was vain or false. غرور (ghurur) means, false or vain thing; vanity or what is false or vain; a deception; a thing by which one is deceived. غرور (gharur), (e.g. 31:34), with different vowel point, means, very deceitful, or what deceives one, the Devil; also the present world (Lane).
Commentary:
The promises made by Satan and the desires raised by him in the hearts of his votaries, as against the works and decrees of God, never materialize.
English - Short Commentary Translation
[a]He holds out promises to them and excites vain desires in them, and Satan promises them nothing but vain things.
14:23; 17:75.