Translation of the meanings Ayah 200 Surah Al-A‘rāf - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 200

وَإِمَّا يَنزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ نَزۡغٞ فَٱسۡتَعِذۡ بِٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّهُۥ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

(200) Should Satan somehow stir you ˹Muhammad˺, seek refuge with Allah^[1859]—indeed He is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

[1859] The natural instinct of a person when insulted is to get angry and react. But the Messenger (ﷺ) and the Believers are reminded to control their anger and know that the devil is the one who is stirring it (cf. Ibn Kathīr, Ibn ʿĀshūr, al-Saʿdī). Sulaymān Ibn Ṣurad (رضي الله عنه) said: “I was sitting with the Prophet (ﷺ) when two men started cursing one another. One of them flared with anger and flew into a fit of rage. The Prophet then said: “I know some words, that, for sure, if he says them would ease away what it is: aʿūdhu bi Allāh-i min al-shayṭān (I seek refuge with Allah from Satan)”” (al-Bukhārī: 3282, Muslim: 2610).