فَرِيقًا هَدَىٰ وَفَرِيقًا حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةُ ۗ إِنَّهُمُ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ
Fareeqan hadaa wa fareeqan haqqa 'alaihimud dalaalah; innahumut takhazush Shayaateena awliyaaa'a min doonil laahi wa yahsaboona annnahum muhtadoon
Sebagian diberi-Nya petunjuk dan sebagian lagi telah pasti kesesatan bagi mereka. Sesungguhnya mereka menjadikan setan-setan pelindung (mereka) selain Allah, dan mereka mengira bahwa mereka mendapat petunjuk.
One group he guided, and another had error fixed upon them — for they took the devils as allies instead of God, while believing themselves rightly guided.
Arabic uses a verb of becoming rightfully due for the straying that settles on the second group, the word used of a debt or a sentence coming due, so the outcome reads as earned rather than assigned. The verse then ends on the group's own estimate of themselves, reckoning that they are guided, a condition that gives its holder no signal from inside. The sorting itself is done in the opening clause, two matched phrases, before any reason is offered.