Surah 26 · verse 222
Ash-Shu'ara 26:222
Sign in to listenتَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ
tanazzalu 'ala kulli affak athim
They descend upon every sinful liar.
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي السَّاجِدِينَ
And your movement among those who prostrate.
Verse 220إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
Verse 221هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ الشَّيَاطِينُ
Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?
تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ
They descend upon every sinful liar.
يُلْقُونَ السَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَاذِبُونَ
They pass on what is heard, and most of them are liars.
Verse 224وَالشُّعَرَاءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الْغَاوُونَ
And the poets - [only] the deviators follow them;
Verse 225أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِي كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ
Do you not see that in every valley they roam
