At a glance
The story
God informed in Surat al-Zukhruf that whoever turns away from the remembrance of the Merciful is assigned a shaytan who becomes his companion, until on the Last Day its owner says to the companion «would that the distance between me and you were the distance of east and west» — that is, would that the distance between us were that between east and west — and it is said to him «and evil is the companion» 1 Zukhruf 36 Zukhruf 38; and in Surat al-Nisa «and whoever has the shaytan as companion, evil is the companion» 1 Women 38.
The meaning
In these ayahs, whoever turns away from the remembrance of God is assigned a companion from the shayatin who accompanies and misleads him — the same companion from whom its owner disowns himself on the Last Day 1.
Notes
From the qareen ayahs of the Qur'an; the Jinn & Devils Browser shows it in the devils and jinn sections 1.
Connections
- Related to
- Qareen· Evil ones among humans and jinn· The jinn· Muhammad· Qur'an 43:36· Qur'an 43:38· Qur'an 4:38
People and things also explored
Every son of Adam's jinn companion· An ifrit of the jinn seeks the Prophet on the Night Journey· The lone rider is a shaytan, two riders two shaytans, three a riding party· The qareen's dialogue in the Fire· The snake of Medina: the Ansari youth who killed it· The good dream is from God and the bad dream is from the shaytan· The shaytan lays Bilal down in the Mecca journey· The shaytan at the well of the traveller
Sources
- Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
- Tanzil Project, public-domain translations
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Whoever turns from remembrance is assigned a shaytan as qareen”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/shaytan-made-qareen/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-11.
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