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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

An-Nur 24:21

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۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ۚ وَمَن يَتَّبِعْ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ وَٱلْمُنكَرِ ۚ وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ مَا زَكَىٰ مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَبَدًا وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُزَكِّى مَن يَشَآءُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

O you who have believed, do not follow the footsteps of Satan. And whoever follows the footsteps of Satan - indeed, he enjoins immorality and wrongdoing. And if not for the favor of Allāh upon you and His mercy, not one of you would have been pure, ever, but Allāh purifies whom He wills, and Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

يا أيها الذين صدَّقوا الله ورسوله وعملوا بشرعه لا تسلكوا طرق الشيطان، ومَن يسلك طرق الشيطان فإنه يأمره بقبيح الأفعال ومنكراتها، ولولا فَضْلُ الله على المؤمنين ورحمته بهم ما طَهُرَ منهم أحد أبدًا مِن دنس ذنبه، ولكن الله -بفضله- يطهر من يشاء. والله سميع لأقوالكم، عليم بنياتكم وأفعالكم.

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