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وَلَأُضِلَّنَّهُم وَلَأُمَنِّيَنَّهُم وَلَآمُرَنَّهُم فَلَيُبَتِّكُنَّ آذانَ الأَنعامِ وَلَآمُرَنَّهُم فَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّ خَلقَ اللَّهِ ۚ وَمَن يَتَّخِذِ الشَّيطانَ وَلِيًّا مِن دونِ اللَّهِ فَقَد خَسِرَ خُسرانًا مُبينًا

Yusuf Ali

“I will mislead them,1 and I will create in them false desires; I will order them to slit the ears2 of cattle, and to deface the (fair) nature created3 by God.” Whoever, forsaking God, takes satan for a friend, hath of a surety suffered a loss that is manifest.
  • Satan’s deceptions are with false desires, false superstitions, and false fears.
  • Slitting the ears of cattle is just one instance of the superstitions to which men become slaves when they run after false gods. Astrology, magic, and vain beliefs in things that do not exist lead men away from God, the one true God. (R).
  • To deface the (fair) nature created by God: there is both a physical and a spiritual meaning. We see many kinds of defacements practiced on men and animals, against their true nature as created by God, partly on account of superstition, partly on account of selfishness. Spiritually the case is even worse. How many natures are dwarfed or starved and turned from their original instincts by cruel superstitions or customs? God created man pure: the Evil One defaces the image.