Qur’an 22:52 – Arabic Text (Uthmani Script)

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍۢ وَلَا نَبِىٍّ إِلَّآ إِذَا تَمَنَّىٰٓ أَلْقَى ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ فِىٓ أُمْنِيَّتِهِۦ فَيَنسَخُ ٱللَّهُ مَا يُلْقِى ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ ثُمَّ يُحْكِمُ ٱللَّهُ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌۭ

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Literal Word-for-Word Translation (no interpretation, no Muslim tradition)

Arabic	Root	Literal English
وَمَا	wa-mā	And not
أَرْسَلْنَا	arsalnā	we sent
مِن	min	any
قَبْلِكَ	qablika	before you
مِن	min	any
رَّسُولٍۢ	rasūlin	messenger
وَلَا	wa-lā	and not
نَبِىٍّ	nabiyyin	prophet
إِلَّآ	illā	except
إِذَا	idhā	when
تَمَنَّىٰٓ	tamannā	he wished / he recited / he read aloud
أَلْقَى	alqā	cast / threw
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ	al-shayṭānu	the Satan
فِىٓ	fī	into
أُمْنِيَّتِهِۦ	umniyyatihi	his wish / his recitation / his reading
فَيَنسَخُ	fa-yansakhu	then abrogates / cancels
ٱللَّهُ	Allāhu	Allah
مَا	mā	what
يُلْقِى	yulqī	casts / throws
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ	al-shayṭānu	the Satan
ثُمَّ	thumma	then
يُحْكِمُ	yuḥkimu	makes firm / establishes
ٱللَّهُ	Allāhu	Allah
ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ	āyātihi	His signs / His verses
ۗ	—	(pause)
وَٱللَّهُ	wa-Allāhu	and Allah
عَلِيمٌ	ʿalīmun	knowing
حَكِيمٌۭ	ḥakīmun	wise

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Smooth, Objective English Rendering (grammatical, non-sectarian, no ijma)

“And We never sent before you any messenger or prophet except that when he wished/recited, Satan cast [something] into his wish/recitation. Then Allah abrogates what Satan casts, and then Allah makes His signs firm. And Allah is Knowing, Wise.”

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Notes on Ambiguous Terms (purely linguistic, no tradition)

Term	Possible Literal Meanings	Context in Sentence
تَمَنَّىٰٓ (tamannā)	1. wished, desired 2. recited, read aloud (from مَنَى = to recite)	Subject is the messenger/prophet; paired with أُمْنِيَّتِهِۦ (his wish/recitation)
أُمْنِيَّتِهِۦ (umniyyatihi)	1. his wish, desire 2. his recitation, reading	Object of Satan’s “casting”
أَلْقَى (alqā)	threw, cast, inserted	Satan as subject
يَنسَخُ (yansakhu)	lifts, removes, abrogates, cancels	Allah as subject
ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ (āyātihi)	His signs, His verses	Refers to Allah’s revelation

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Final Neutral Translation (no commentary)

“We did not send before you any messenger or prophet but that when he recited [or wished], Satan threw [something] into his recitation [or wish]. Then Allah cancels whatever Satan throws, and then Allah establishes His verses firmly. Allah is Knowing and Wise.”