30 Preface فَريقًا هَدىٰ وَفَريقًا حَقَّ عَلَيهِمُ الضَّلالَةُ ۗ إِنَّهُمُ اتَّخَذُوا الشَّياطينَ أَولِياءَ مِن دونِ اللَّهِ وَيَحسَبونَ أَنَّهُم مُهتَدونَYusuf AliSome He hath guided: Others have (by their choice) deserved the loss of their way;1 in that they took the evil ones, in preference to God, for their friends and protectors, and think that they receive guidance.Guidance is for all. But in some it takes effect; in others the doors are closed against it, because they have taken Evil for their friend. If they have lost their way, they have richly deserved it; for they deliberately took their choice, even though, in their self-righteousness, they may think that their sin is their virtue, and that their Evil is their Good (Cf. 36:7 and 17:16).