Tafsir Ibn Abbas: An-Naml, Ayah 24

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وَجَدتُّهَا وَقَوْمَهَا يَسْجُدُونَ لِلشَّمْسِ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ فَصَدَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ فَهُمْ لَا يَهْتَدُونَ
I found her and her people prostrating to the sun instead of Allah, and Satan has made their deeds pleasing to them and averted them from [His] way, so they are not guided,

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(I found her and her people worshipping the sun instead of Allah; and Satan maketh their works) their worship of the sun (fair-seeming unto them, and debarreth them from the way (of Truth)) the devil has barred them from the way of Truth and guidance, (so that they go not aright) to the way of truth and guidance:

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I found her and her people prostrating to the sun instead of God and Satan has adorned for them their deeds and he has barred them from the Way from the path of truth so that they are not guided

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