Tafsir for verse: 41:36
وَإِمَّا يَنزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ نَزۡغٞ فَٱسۡتَعِذۡ بِٱللَّهِۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٣٦ ﴿36﴾
36And should a stroke from ShaiTān (Satan) strike you, seek refuge with Allah. Surely, He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
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Commentary
The term 'nazgh' and 'nasgh' mean the same, and it is similar to 'nakhis'. The devil incites a person as if he is poking him by urging him towards what is not appropriate. And 'nazgh' is made a noun, as it is said: 'the grandfather of his grandfather'. Or it is intended: and if a 'nazgh' incites you, describing the devil with the source. Or for his whispering. The meaning is: and if the devil diverts you from what you were commanded to do, which is to respond with what is better, then seek refuge with Allah from his evil, and proceed with your matter and do not obey him.
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