The Ant
27. An-Naml
النمل
Page #379
27:24
وَجَدتُّهَا
وَقَوْمَهَا
يَسْجُدُونَ
لِلشَّمْسِ
مِن
دُونِ
اللَّهِ
وَزَيَّنَ
لَهُمُ
الشَّيْطَانُ
أَعْمَالَهُمْ
فَصَدَّهُمْ
عَنِ
السَّبِيلِ
فَهُمْ
لَا
يَهْتَدُونَ
wajadtuhā wa-qawmahā yasjudūna li-sh-shamsi min dūni llāhi wa-zayyana lahumu sh-shayṭānu ʾaʿmālahum fa-ṣaddahum ʿani s-sabīli fa-hum lā yahtadūna
I found her and her people prostrating to the sun instead of Allah, and Satan has made their deeds seem decorous to them—thus he has barred them from the way [of Allah], so they are not guided—
— Ali Quli Qarai
"I found her and her people worshipping the sun besides Allah: Satan has made their deeds seem pleasing in their eyes, and has kept them away from the Path,- so they receive no guidance,-