هَلۡ
أُنَبِّئُكُمۡ
عَلَىٰ
مَن
تَنَزَّلُ
ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ
٢٢١

Shall I inform you of whom the devils ˹actually˺ descend upon?
تَنَزَّلُ
عَلَىٰ
كُلِّ
أَفَّاكٍ
أَثِيمٖ
٢٢٢
They descend upon every sinful liar,
يُلۡقُونَ
ٱلسَّمۡعَ
وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ
كَٰذِبُونَ
٢٢٣
who gives an ˹attentive˺ ear ˹to half-truths˺, mostly passing on sheer lies.1 
وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ
يَتَّبِعُهُمُ
ٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ
٢٢٤
As for poets, they are followed ˹merely˺ by deviants.
أَلَمۡ
تَرَ
أَنَّهُمۡ
فِي
كُلِّ
وَادٖ
يَهِيمُونَ
٢٢٥
Do you not see how they rant in every field,1
وَأَنَّهُمۡ
يَقُولُونَ
مَا
لَا
يَفۡعَلُونَ
٢٢٦
only saying what they never do?
إِلَّا
ٱلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُواْ
وَعَمِلُواْ
ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ
وَذَكَرُواْ
ٱللَّهَ
كَثِيرٗا
وَٱنتَصَرُواْ
مِنۢ
بَعۡدِ
مَا
ظُلِمُواْۗ
وَسَيَعۡلَمُ
ٱلَّذِينَ
ظَلَمُوٓاْ
أَيَّ
مُنقَلَبٖ
يَنقَلِبُونَ
٢٢٧
Except those who believe, do good, remember Allah often, and ˹poetically˺ avenge ˹the believers˺ after being wrongfully slandered. The wrongdoers will come to know what ˹evil˺ end they will meet.
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