Al-A'raf, verse 16
قَالَ فَبِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ صِرَٰطَكَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ
And then Iblis said, ‘Because You have put me in the wrong, I will lie in wait for them all on Your straight path:
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إِلَى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ (till the Day they are raised up (resurrected)) and Iblis was sure that he got what he wanted, he went on in defiance and rebellion. He said, فَبِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لأَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ صِرَطَكَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ ("Because You have `Aghwaytani', surely, I will sit in wait against them (human beings) on Your straight path.") meaning, as You have sent me astray. Ibn `Abbas said that `Aghwaytani' means, "Misguided me." Others said, "As You caused my ruin, I will sit in wait for Your servants whom You will create from the offspring of the one you expelled me for." He went on,…
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- Verse 14 قَالَ أَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ but Iblis said, ‘Give me respite until the Day people are raised from the dead,’
- Verse 15 قَالَ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ and God replied, ‘You have respite.’
- Verse 16
- Verse 17 ثُمَّ لَـَٔاتِيَنَّهُم مِّنۢ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ وَعَنْ أَيْمَـٰنِهِمْ وَعَن شَمَآئِلِهِمْ ۖ وَلَا تَجِدُ أَكْثَرَهُمْ شَـٰكِرِينَ I will come at them- from their front and their back, from their right and their left- and You will find that most of them are ungrateful.’
- Verse 18 قَالَ ٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا مَذْءُومًا مَّدْحُورًا ۖ لَّمَن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ God said, ‘Get out! You are disgraced and banished! I swear I shall fill Hell with you and all who follow you!