19. Surah Maryam, Mecca 44

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

يَا أَبَتِ لَا تَعْبُدِ الشَّيْطَانَ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ...   

19: 44.  "O my father! serve not Satan:

...كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَنِ عَصِيًّا ﴿٤٤﴾

for Satan is a rebel against (Allah) Most Gracious.

C2496. The rebellion is all the more heinous and inexcusable, considering that Allah is Most Just, Most Merciful, Most Gracious.

يَا أَبَتِ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَن يَمَسَّكَ عَذَابٌ مِّنَ الرَّحْمَن...   

19: 45.  "O my father! I fear lest a Penalty afflict thee from (Allah) Most Gracious,

C2497. To entertain a feeling of friendliness, instead of aversion, to Evil, is in itself a degradation of our nature, a Penalty which Allah imposes on our deliberate rejection of the Truth. And the friendliness to Evil also implies the sharing of the outlawry of Evil.

...فَتَكُونَ لِلشَّيْطَانِ وَلِيًّا ﴿٤٥﴾

so that thou become to Satan a friend."

Other Versions:

19:44

Asad “O my father! Do not worship Satan – for, verily, Satan is a rebel against the Most Gracious!

Pickthall O my father! Serve not the devil. Lo! the devil is a rebel unto the Beneficent.

Transliteration Ya_ abati la_ ta'budis saitha_n inas saitha_na ka_na lir rahma_ni ashiy ya_

19: 45

Asad O my father! I dread lest a chastisement from the Most Gracious befall thee, and then thou wilt become [aware of having been] close unto Satan!”

Pickthall O my father! Lo! I fear lest a punishment from the Beneficent overtake thee so that thou become a comrade of the devil.

Transliteration Ya_ abati in ni akha_fu ay yamas saka adza_bum minar rahma_ni fataku_na lis saitha_ni waliy ya_

[ Ali’s note: 2497 To entertain a feeling of friendliness, instead of aversion, to Evil, is in itself a degradation of our nature, a Penalty which Allah imposes on our deliberate rejection of the Truth. And the friendliness to Evil also implies the sharing of the outlawry of Evil. (19.45)]