Saba, Sheba 34:20

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Arabic English Morphology
And certainly Prep
صَدَّقَ ṣaddaqa
found true V
about them Prep
Iblis Noun
ظَنَّهُۥ ẓannahu
his assumption Noun
فَٱتَّبَعُوهُ fa-ittabaʿūhu
so they followed him V
إِلَّا illā
except Prep
فَرِيقًا farīqan
a group Noun
مِّنَ mina
of Prep
the believers Noun

Satan was proved right in his opinion of them, for they all followed him- except for a group of believers

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَلَقَدۡ صَدَّقَ عَلَیۡهِمۡ إِبۡلِیسُ ظَنَّهُۥ فَٱتَّبَعُوهُ إِلَّا فَرِیقࣰا مِّنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٢٠

walaqad ṣaddaqa ʿalayhim ib'līsu ẓannahu fa-ittabaʿūhu illā farīqan mina l-mu'minīn