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

Az-Zukhruf 43:37

Word by word

وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيَصُدُّونَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ

And indeed, they [i.e., the devils] avert them from the way [of guidance] while they think that they are [rightly] guided

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وإن الشياطين ليصدون عن سبيل الحق هؤلاء الذين يعرضون عن ذكر الله، فيزيِّنون لهم الضلالة، ويكرِّهون لهم الإيمان بالله والعمل بطاعته، ويظن هؤلاء المعرضون بتحسين الشياطين لهم ما هم عليه من الضلال أنهم على الحق والهدى.

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