Meaning: so he made them forget · Also translated as: [We] cause it to be forgotten, causes you to forget, But made him forget, made me forget it
Forms in the Quran
فَأَنسَىٰهُمْ×2
نُنسِهَا×1
يُنسِيَنَّكَ×1
فَأَنسَىٰهُ×1
أَنسَىٰنِيهُ×1
أَنسَوْكُمْ×1
Its root in the classical dictionaries
النسيان: ترك الإنسان ضبط ما استودع، إما لضعف قلبه، وإما عن غفلة، وإما عن قصد حتى ينحذف عن القلب ذكره، يقال: نسيته نسيانا.
قوله تعالى: ﴿نسوا الله فنسيهم﴾ [التوبة: 67] أي تركوا أوامره ونواهيه فتركهم مخلدين في النار. والنسيان يعبر به عن الترك. وقال بعضهم: النسيان: ترك الإنسان ضبط ما استودع، إما لضعف قلبه، وإما عن غفلة، وإما عن قصد حتى ينحذف عن القلب ذكره.
None of Our revelations
Do We abrogate
Or cause to be forgotten,
But We substitute
Something better or similar:
Knowest thou not that God
Hath power over all things?
When thou seest men
Engaged in vain discourse
About Our Signs, turn
Away from them unless
They turn to a different
Theme. If Satan ever
Makes thee forget, then
After recollection, sit not
Thou in the company
Of those who do wrong.
And of the two,
To that one whom he considered
About to be saved, he said:
"Mention me to thy lord."
But Satan made him forget
To mention him to his lord:
And (Joseph) lingered in prison
A few (more) years.
He replied: "Sawest thou
(What happened) when we
Betook ourselves to the rock?
I did indeed forget
(About) the Fish: none but
Satan made me forget
To tell (you) about it:
It took its course through
The sea in a marvellous way!"
The Evil One has
Got the better of them:
So he has made them
Lose the remembrance
Of God. They are the Party
Of the Evil One. Truly,
It is the Party
Of the Evil One
That will perish!