Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 27 (17:27)

ٱلْإِسْرَاء

إِنَّ ٱلْمُبَذِّرِينَ كَانُوٓا۟ إِخْوَٰنَ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ ۖ وَكَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ لِرَبِّهِۦ كَفُورًا

Quran 17:27 is ayah 27 of Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 284 of the Madani Mushaf.

17:27
إِنَّٱلْمُبَذِّرِينَكَانُوٓا۟إِخْوَٰنَٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ ۖوَكَانَٱلشَّيْطَٰنُلِرَبِّهِۦكَفُورًا٢٧
inna l-mubadhirīna kānū ikh'wāna l-shayāṭīni wakāna l-shayṭānu lirabbihi kafūran

Indeed, the wasteful are brothers of the devils, and ever has Satan been to his Lord ungrateful.(27)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  2. ٱلْمُبَذِّرِينَl-mubadhirīnathe spendthrifts
  3. كَانُوٓا۟kānūare
  4. إِخْوَٰنَikh'wānabrothers
  5. ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ ۖl-shayāṭīni(of) the devils
  6. وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
  7. ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
  8. لِرَبِّهِۦlirabbihito his Lord
  9. كَفُورًاkafūranungrateful

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