Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 120 (4:120)

ٱلنِّسَاء

يَعِدُهُمْ وَيُمَنِّيهِمْ ۖ وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا

Quran 4:120 is ayah 120 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 5, on page 97 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:120
يَعِدُهُمْوَيُمَنِّيهِمْ ۖوَمَايَعِدُهُمُٱلشَّيْطَٰنُإِلَّاغُرُورًا١٢٠
yaʿiduhum wayumannīhim wamā yaʿiduhumu l-shayṭānu illā ghurūran

He [i.e., Satan] promises them and arouses desire in them. But Satan does not promise them except delusion.(120)

Word by word

  1. يَعِدُهُمْyaʿiduhumHe promises them
  2. وَيُمَنِّيهِمْ ۖwayumannīhimand arouses desires in them
  3. وَمَاwamāand not
  4. يَعِدُهُمُyaʿiduhumupromises them
  5. ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
  6. إِلَّاillāexcept
  7. غُرُورًاghurūrandeception

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