The Ornaments of Gold
43. Az-Zukhruf
الزخرف
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وَمَن
يَعْشُ
عَن
ذِكْرِ
الرَّحْمَنِ
نُقَيِّضْ
لَهُ
شَيْطَانًا
فَهُوَ
لَهُ
قَرِينٌ
wa-man yaʿshu ʿan dhikri r-raḥmāni nuqayyiḍ lahū shayṭānan fa-huwa lahū qarīnun
If anyone withdraws himself from remembrance of (Allah) Most Gracious, We appoint for him an evil one, to be an intimate companion to him.
— Abdullah Yusufali
We assign a devil to be the companion of him who turns a blind eye to the remembrance of the All-beneficent.