Surah Al-'Ankabut
Quran 29:38
Read Quran 29:38 from Surah Al-'Ankabut (The Spider) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 29:38
And (the tribes of) A'ad and Thamud! (Their fate) is manifest unto you from their (ruined and deserted) dwellings. Satan made their deeds seem fair unto them and so debarred them from the Way, though they were keen observers.
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 29. Al-'Ankabut (The Spider)
- Ayah
- 38 of 69
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 29:38
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 29:38
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
أي: وكذلك ما فعلنا بعاد وثمود، وقد علمتم قصصهم، وتبين لكم بشيء تشاهدونه بأبصاركم من مساكنهم وآثارهم التي بانوا عنها، وقد جاءتهم رسلهم بالآيات البينات، المفيدة للبصيرة، فكذبوهم وجادلوهم. { وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ } حتى ظنوا أنها أفضل مما جاءتهم به الرسل.