Ornaments of Gold
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE
[43:36]
But as for anyone who chooses to remain blind to the remembrance of the Most Gracious, to him We assign an [enduring] evil impulse, to become his other self:


* v.36 : Lit., “to him We assign a satan, and he becomes his other self (qarīn)”: see note 24 on 41:25. For the psychological connotation of the term shaytān as “evil impulse,” see the first half of note 16 on 15:17 as well as note 31 on 14:22.