Az-Zukhruf Verse 36

And whoever turns a blind eye to the Reminder of the Most Compassionate, We place at the disposal of each a devilish one as their close associate,

Whoever turns away from the Reminder of the Most Compassionate [the Qur’an], We assign to him a devil to be his close associate,

Whoso blinds himself to the Remembrance of the All-merciful, to him We assign a Satan for comrade;

We assign an evil one as a comrade for whoever turns away from the revelations of the Lord of Mercy:

And whosoever blindeth himself to the admonition of the Compassionate, We assign Unto him a Satan, and he becometh his companion.

If anyone withdraws himself from remembrance of (Allah) Most Gracious, We appoint for him an evil one, to be an intimate companion to him.

He who is negligent to remember the Merciful One, to him We assign a satan as his boon companion,

We shall attach to him who goes blind to the remembrance of Ar-Rahman a devil as companion, --

And whoever is averse to the Remembrance of the Most Gracious, We appoint a devil upon him, who stays with him.

We assign a devil to be the companion of him who turns a blind eye to the remembrance of the All-beneficent.

Whoever willfully ignores the remembrance of the All-Merciful (and lives as if He did not exist always watching him), We assign to him a devil, who becomes his closest comrade.

As for him who forsakes the admonition of the Most Gracious (God), We appoint for him a satan who then becomes an intimate companion for him.

And who ignores about the merciful`s reminder, We predestine/lead/assign for him a devil, so he is for him a companion/friend .

And whoever is averse to the Remembrance of the Most Gracious, We appoint a devil upon him, who stays with him.

And whoever turns himself away from the remembrance of the Beneficent (Allah), We appoint for him a devil (or a Satan), who becomes his comrade.

And whosoever turns away (blinds himself) from the remembrance of the Most Beneficent (Allah) (i.e. this Quran and worship of Allah), We appoint for him Shaitan (Satan - devil) to be a Qarin (an intimate companion) to him.

And of gold. And all this is naught but a provision of this world’s life; and the Hereafter is with thy Lord only for the dutiful.

And whoever turns himself away from the remembrance of the Beneficent Allah, We appoint for him a Shaitan, so he becomes his associate.

And he whose sight is dim to the remembrance of the Beneficent, We assign unto him a devil who becometh his comrade;

We shall make satan the companion of whoever ignores the remembrance of the Beneficent God.

To whosoever blinds himself from the Remembrance of the Merciful, We shall assign him a satan so he is his companion,

And whosoever Ya`shu (turns away blindly) from the remembrance of the Most Gracious, We appoint for him Shaytan to be a Qarin (a companion) to him.

As for one who turns away from the remembrance of the Gracious God, We appoint for him a devil, who will become his intimate companion.

Whoever shuns the remembrance of the Most Gracious, We assign for him a devil, to be his companion.

And whoever withdraws from, [whoever] is oblivious, to the Remembrance of the Compassionate One, namely, the Qur'n, We assign, We produce, for him a devil and he becomes his companion, never leaving his side.

The Shaytan is the Companion of the One Who turns away from Ar-Rahman

Allah says,

وَمَن يَعْشُ

And whosoever Ya`shu (turns away blindly),

means, whoever willfully ignores and turns away
Al-`Asha (the root of Ya`sh) refers to weakness of vision; what is meant here is weakness of insight.

عَن ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمَنِ

from the remembrance of the Most Gracious,

نُقَيِّضْ لَهُ شَيْطَانًا فَهُوَ لَهُ قَرِينٌ



We appoint for him Shaytan to be a Qarin (a companion) to him.

This is like the Ayat;

وَمَن يُشَاقِقِ الرَّسُولَ مِن بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ الْهُدَى

And whoever contradicts and opposes the Messenger after the right path has been shown clearly to him, (4;115),

فَلَمَّا زَاغُواْ أَزَاغَ اللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُمْ

So when they turned away, Allah turned their hearts away, (61;5)

وَقَيَّضْنَا لَهُمْ قُرَنَأءَ فَزَيَّنُواْ لَهُم مَّا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ

And We have assigned for them intimate companions, who have made fair seeming to them, what was before them and what was behind them, (41;25)

Allah says here;

وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيَصُدُّونَهُمْ عَنِ السَّبِيلِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ