Quran Universe
7:202

وَإِخۡوَٰنُهُمۡ يَمُدُّونَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡغَيِّ ثُمَّ لَا يُقۡصِرُونَ

Waikhwanuhum yamuddoonahum fee alghayyi thumma la yuqsiroona

But their brothers - the devils increase them in error; then they do not stop short.

Word by word
  1. وَإِخۡوَٰنُهُمۡBut their brothers
  2. يَمُدُّونَهُمۡthey plunge them
  3. فِيin
  4. ٱلۡغَيِّthe error
  5. ثُمَّthen
  6. لَاnot
  7. يُقۡصِرُونَthey cease
Al-A'raf · 7:202Makkah

Their brothers keep pulling them deeper.

The voices that never stop pushing

The other path
the devilsnever tire
push
their brotherswho listen and obey
into
deeper errormade to look easy
Who you listen to
no one stopsthe push keeps coming
you can stopby remembering, like 7:201

In contrast to the mindful, there are those Ibn Kathir calls the devils' brothers among mankind, who follow and obey them. The devils make sin easy and appealing. Ibn Abbas said neither the people stop their evil nor do the devils stop luring them. The previous verse shows the way out.

One episode becomes five. One bet becomes a weekly habit. One cigarette with friends becomes a pack. The push never gets tired. You can still choose to be the person who remembers.

I will stop once the pull gets weaker.

The pull does not get tired, so I have to step out myself.

Try this

Name one habit pulling you deeper. Put one small barrier in its way today.

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Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 7:201)

Verily, those who have Taqwa, when an evil thought comes to them from Shaytan, they remember (Allah), and (indeed) they then see (aright)(201)But (as for) their brothers (the devils' brothers) they (the devils) plunge them deeper into error, and they never stop short (202)

The Whispering of Shaytan and the People of Taqwa

Allah mentions His servants who have Taqwa, obeying His orders, and avoid what He forbade:

إِذَا مَسَّهُمْ

(when comes to them) an evil thought, or anger, or the whispers of Shaytan cross their mind, or intend to err, or commit an error,

تَذَكَّرُوا 

(they remember) Allah's punishment, as well as, His tremendous reward. They remember Allah's promises and threats, then repent, go back to Him, seek refuge with Him and ask for forgiveness before death,

فَإِذَا هُم مُّبْصِرُونَ

(and (indeed) they then see (aright)) they become aright and aware of the error of their ways.

A Brethren of Devils among Mankind lure to Falsehood

Allah said next,

وَإِخْوَانُهُمْ يَمُدُّونَهُمْ

(But (as for) their brothers they plunge them deeper) in reference to the devils' brothers among mankind. Allah said in another Ayah,

إِنَّ الْمُبَذِّرِينَ كَانُوا إِخْوَانَ الشَّيَاطِينِ

(Verily, the spendthrifts are brothers of the Shayatin)[17:27] for they are followers of the Shayatin, who listen to them and obey their orders.

يَمُدُّونَهُمْ فِي الْغَيِّ

(They plunge them deeper into error) the devils help them commit sins, making this path easy and appealing to them

ثُمَّ لَا يُقْصِرُونَ

(and they never stop short) for the devils never cease inciting mankind to commit errors. 'Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn 'Abbas commented on Allah's statement,

وَإِخْوَانُهُمْ يَمُدُّونَهُمْ فِي الْغَيِّ ثُمَّ لَا يُقْصِرُونَ

(But (as for) their brothers they plunge them deeper into error, and they never stop short.)

"Neither mankind stop short of the evil that they are doing nor the devils stop short of luring them. " Therefore,

لَا يُقْصِرُونَ

(they never stop short) refers to the devils getting tired or stopping their whispering. Allah said in another Ayah,

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا الشَّيَاطِينَ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ تَؤُزُّهُمْ أَزًّا

(See you not that We have sent Shayatin against the disbelievers to push them to do evil)[19:83] persistently luring the disbelievers to commit evil, according to Ibn 'Abbas and others.