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Surah al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage ) 22 : 4

كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُۥ مَن تَوَلَّاهُ فَأَنَّهُۥ يُضِلُّهُۥ وَيَهْدِيهِ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

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 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
It has been decreed for him [i.e., every devil] that whoever turns to him – he will misguide him and will lead him to the punishment of the Blaze.

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Word Arabic word
(22:4:1)
kutiba
It has been decreed
(22:4:2)
(22:4:3)
(22:4:4)
(22:4:5)
tawallāhu
befriends him
(22:4:6)
(22:4:7)
yuḍilluhu
will misguide him
(22:4:8)
wayahdīhi
and will guide him
(22:4:9)
ilā
to
(22:4:10)
ʿadhābi
(the) punishment
(22:4:11)
l-saʿīri
(of) the Blaze

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Explanatory Note

Had it been a dispute based on true knowledge, something might be said for it, but it is a dispute without knowledge. It is immersed in arrogance that seeks no firm evidence, and error that is the result of following Satan’s bidding. Such people dispute about God “and follow every rebellious devil,” who boasts about turning away from the truth. Hence, “it is decreed for whoever entrusts himself to any [such devil] that he will lead him astray and guide him towards the suffering of the blazing flame.” It is inevitable that such devils will lead their followers away from the truth in order to land them in hell. The sūrah sarcastically calls this ‘guidance’, which can only be the guidance of one who leads to destruction and doom.

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As this Surah contains the characteristics of both the Makkan and the Madīnan Surahs the commentators have differed as to its period of revelation but in the light of its style and themes we are of the opinion that a part of it (v. 1-24) was sent down in the last stage of the Makkan life of the Prophet a little before migration and the rest (v. 25-78) during the first stage of his Madinah life. That is why this Surah combines the characteristics of both the Makkan and the Madinah Surahs.

According to Ibn Abbas, Mujahid, Qatadah and other great commentators, v. 39 is the first verse that grants the Muslims permission to wage war. Collections of hadith and books on the life of the Prophet confirm that after this permission actual preparations for war were started and the first expedition was sent to the coast of the Red Sea in Safar 2 A.H. which is known as the Expedition of Waddan or Al-Abwa.

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