Verse 15:40 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
36
قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرۡنِیۤ إِلَىٰ یَوۡمِ یُبۡعَثُونَ ٣٦
qāla rabbi fa-anẓir'nī ilā yawmi yub'ʿathūn
Iblis said, ‘My Lord, give me respite until the Day when they are raised from the dead.’
37
قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنظَرِینَ ٣٧
qāla fa-innaka mina l-munẓarīn
‘You have respite,’ said God
38
إِلَىٰ یَوۡمِ ٱلۡوَقۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡلُومِ ٣٨
ilā yawmi l-waqti l-maʿlūm
‘until the Day of the Appointed Time.’
39
قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَاۤ أَغۡوَیۡتَنِی لَأُزَیِّنَنَّ لَهُمۡ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَأُغۡوِیَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ ٣٩
qāla rabbi bimā aghwaytanī la-uzayyinanna lahum fī l-arḍi wala-ugh'wiyannahum ajmaʿīn
Iblis then said to God, ‘Because You have put me in the wrong, I will lure mankind on earth and put them in the wrong
40
إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنۡهُمُ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِینَ ٤٠
illā ʿibādaka min'humu l-mukh'laṣīn
all except Your devoted servants.’
41
قَالَ هَـٰذَا صِرَ ٰطٌ عَلَیَّ مُسۡتَقِیمٌ ٤١
qāla hādhā ṣirāṭun ʿalayya mus'taqīmu
God said, ‘[Devotion] is a straight path to Me
42
إِنَّ عِبَادِی لَیۡسَ لَكَ عَلَیۡهِمۡ سُلۡطَـٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡغَاوِینَ ٤٢
inna ʿibādī laysa laka ʿalayhim sul'ṭānun illā mani ittabaʿaka mina l-ghāwīn
you will have no power over My servants, only over the ones who go astray and follow you
43
وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوۡعِدُهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ ٤٣
wa-inna jahannama lamawʿiduhum ajmaʿīn
Hell is the promised place for all these
44
لَهَا سَبۡعَةُ أَبۡوَ ٰبࣲ لِّكُلِّ بَابࣲ مِّنۡهُمۡ جُزۡءࣱ مَّقۡسُومٌ ٤٤
lahā sabʿatu abwābin likulli bābin min'hum juz'on maqsūmu
with seven gates, each gate having its allotted share of them
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