Al-An'am Verse 129

This is how We make the wrongdoers ˹destructive˺ allies of one another because of their misdeeds.

This is how We make the wrongdoers take control over one another because of what they used to do.

So We make the evildoers friends of each other for what they have earned.

In this way, We make some evildoers have power over others through their misdeeds.

And thus We shall keep some of the wrong-doers close to others for that which they were wont to earn.

Thus do we make the wrong-doers turn to each other, because of what they earn.

In this manner We shall make the wrong-doers friends of each other (in the Hereafter) because they earned (evil together in the world).

Thus do We place some sinners over others as requital for their deeds.

And similarly We empower some of the oppressors over others – the recompense of their deeds.

That is how We make the wrongdoers one another’s friends because of what they used to earn.

In this manner We cause the wrongdoers to befriend and help one another (with seduction and sinning) because of what they are engaged in earning.

In the like manner do We let some of the unjust have power one over another because of their (wrongful) deeds.

And like that We appoint/enable some (of) the unjust/oppressors (over) some, because (of) what they (were) earning/gathering .

And similarly We empower some of the oppressors over others - the recompense of their deeds.

Thus do We make some of the wrongdoers patrons of one another, because of what they earn.

And thus We do make the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.) Auliya' (supporters and helpers) one to another (in committing crimes etc.), because of that which they used to earn.

And on the day when He will gather them all together: O assembly of jinn, you took away a great part of men. And their friends from among men will say: Our Lord, some of us profited by others and we have reached our appointed term which Thou didst appoint for us. He will say: The Fire is your abode -- you shall abide therein, except as Allah please. Surely thy Lord is Wise, Knowing.

And thus do We make some of the iniquitous to befriend others on account of what they earned.

Thus We let some of the wrong-doers have power over others because of what they are wont to earn.

Thus do We make the unjust friends of one another because of their evil deeds.

So We make the harmdoers guides of each other for what they have earned.

And thus We do make the wrongdoers supporters of one another, because of that which they used to earn.

And in like manner We shall keep the wrongdoers close to others as a punishment for their misdeeds.

Thus We make some of the wrongdoers befriend one another, because of what they used to do.

So, just as We let the rebels from among mankind and jinn enjoy one another, We let some of the evildoers have power over others because of what they are wont to earn, of acts of disobedience.

The Wrongdoers Are the Supporters of Each other

Allah says;

وَكَذَلِكَ نُوَلِّي بَعْضَ الظَّالِمِينَ بَعْضًا بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكْسِبُونَ



And thus We do make the wrongdoers supporters of one another, because of that which they used to earn.

Ma`mar said that Qatadah commented on this Ayah,

"Allah makes the wrongdoers supporters for each other in the Fire by following one another into it."

Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam commented on Allah's statement,
وَكَذَلِكَ نُوَلِّي بَعْضَ الظَّالِمِينَ بَعْضًا
(And thus We do make the wrongdoers supporters of one another),

"It refers to the wrongdoers of the Jinns and mankind."

He then recited,

وَمَن يَعْشُ عَن ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمَـنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهُ شَيْطَاناً فَهُوَ لَهُ قَرِينٌ


And whosoever turns away blindly from the remembrance of the Most Gracious (Allah), We appoint for him Shaytan to be a companion to him. (43;36)

He said next -- concerning the meaning of the Ayah;

"We appoint the wrongdoer of the Jinns over the wrongdoer of mankind."

A poet once said,

"There is no hand, but Allah's Hand is above it, and no wrongdoer but will be tested by another wrongdoer."

The meaning of this honorable Ayah thus becomes;

`Just as We made this losing group of mankind supporters of the Jinns that misguided them, We also appoint the wrongdoers over one another, destroy them by the hands of one another, and take revenge from them with one another. This is the just recompense for their injustice and transgression.