Surah 15 · verse 39
Al-Hijr 15:39
Sign in to listenقَالَ رَبِّ بِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
qala rabbi bima aghwaytani la-uzayyinanna lahum fi al-ard wa-la-ughwiyannahum ajma'in
[Iblees] said, "My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them on earth, and I will mislead them all
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Context in the surah
قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ
He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."
Verse 37قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنظَرِينَ
[Allah] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved
Verse 38إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ
Until the Day of the time well-known."
قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
[Iblees] said, "My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them on earth, and I will mislead them all
إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِينَ
Except, among them, Your chosen servants."
Verse 41قَالَ هَـٰذَا صِرَاطٌ عَلَيَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ
[Allah] said, "This is a path [of return] to Me [that is] straight.
Verse 42إِنَّ عِبَادِي لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَانٌ إِلَّا مَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْغَاوِينَ
Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.