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Al-Qur'an Surah Ya-Sin Verse 62

Ya-Sin [36]: 62 ~ English Qur'an Word By Word and Multi Tafseer

وَلَقَدْ اَضَلَّ مِنْكُمْ جِبِلًّا كَثِيْرًا ۗاَفَلَمْ تَكُوْنُوْا تَعْقِلُوْنَ (يس : ٣٦)

walaqad
وَلَقَدْ
And indeed
aḍalla
أَضَلَّ
he led astray
minkum
مِنكُمْ
from you
jibillan
جِبِلًّا
a multitude
kathīran
كَثِيرًاۖ
great
afalam
أَفَلَمْ
Then did not
takūnū
تَكُونُوا۟
you
taʿqilūna
تَعْقِلُونَ
use reason?

Transliteration:

Wa laqad adalla minkum jibillan kaseeraa; afalam takoonoo ta'qiloon (QS. Yāʾ Sīn:62)

English / Sahih Translation:

And he had already led astray from among you much of creation, so did you not use reason? (QS. Ya-Sin, ayah 62)

Mufti Taqi Usmani

He had misguided lot many people from among you. So, did you not have sense?

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Yet he already misled great multitudes of you. Did you not have any sense?

Ruwwad Translation Center

He led great numbers of you astray. Did you not then have sense?

A. J. Arberry

He led astray many a throng of you; did you not understand?

Abdul Haleem

He has led great numbers of you astray. Did you not use your reason?

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And yet assuredly he hath led astray of you a great multitude. Wherefore reflect ye not?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"But he did lead astray a great multitude of you. Did ye not, then, understand?

Abul Ala Maududi

Still, he misguided a whole throng of you. Did you have no sense?

Ahmed Ali

But he beguiled a great many of you. Why did you not then understand?

Ahmed Raza Khan

“And he has indeed led a large number of you astray; so did you not have sense?”

Ali Quli Qarai

Certainly, he has led astray many of your generations. Have you not exercised your reason?

Ali Ünal

"Yet he has assuredly caused great multitudes of you to go astray. Should you not reason and take heed?

Amatul Rahman Omar

`Yet he (- satan) has certainly led astray a number of people from among you. Why do you not even then make use of your understanding (so as to rectify your error)?

English Literal

And he (the devil) had (E) misguided many nations/creations from you, were you not being understanding/comprehending ?

Faridul Haque

“And he has indeed led a large number of you astray; so did you not have sense?”

Hamid S. Aziz

"And he certainly led astray a multitude of people from among you. What! Could you not then understand?

Hilali & Khan

And indeed he (Satan) did lead astray a great multitude of you. Did you not, then, understand?

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And that you serve Me. This is the right way.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And certainly he led astray numerous people from among you. What! could you not then understand?

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Yet he hath led astray of you a great multitude. Had ye then no sense?

Muhammad Sarwar

Satan misled a great multitude of you. Did you not have any understanding?

Qaribullah & Darwish

Yet he has led many a host of you astray, did you not understand?

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

"And indeed he did lead astray a great multitude of you. Did you not then understand"

Wahiduddin Khan

Yet he led astray a great multitude of you. Why did you not then understand?

Talal Itani

He has misled a great multitude of you. Did you not understand?

Tafsir jalalayn

For verily he has led astray from among you many a creature (jibillan is the plural of jabl, similar [in pattern] to qadm, `old'; a variant reading has jubulan). Did you not use to comprehend?, his enmity and his misguidance, or the chastisements that befell them and so believe? And it will be said to them in the Hereafter;

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Allah says;

وَلَقَدْ أَضَلَّ مِنكُمْ جِبِلًّ كَثِيرًا

And indeed he did lead astray a great multitude of you.

meaning, a large number of people.

This was the view of Mujahid, Qatadah, As-Suddi and Sufyan bin Uyaynah.

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أَفَلَمْ تَكُونُوا تَعْقِلُونَ

Did you not then understand!

means, `did you not have any understanding, when you went against the command of your Lord to worship Him alone, with no partner or associate, and you preferred to follow the Shaytan?