سُوْرَةُ الْحِجْرِ

Surah Al-Hijr (15) — Ayah 39

The Rock · Meccan · Juz 14 · Page 264

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قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴿39﴾

Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

[Iblîs (Satan)] said: "O my Lord! Because you misled me, I shall indeed adorn the path of error for them (mankind) on the earth, and I shall mislead them all.

Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning

قَالَ qāla He said
رَبِّ rabbi My Lord
بِمَآ bimā Because
أَغْوَيْتَنِى aghwaytanī You misled me
لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ la-uzayyinanna surely, I will make (evil) fair-seeming
لَهُمْ lahum to them
فِى fī in
ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the earth
وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ wala-ugh'wiyannahum and I will mislead them
أَجْمَعِينَ ajmaʿīna all

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In (Ayah 39){لَاُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ : }, "I will adorn for them in the earth," what is it? From the context of the verse, the meaning is that I will make desires of the self and disobedience to Allah appear attractive and appealing to them in the earth, just as in the heavens I made the eating of the forbidden plant appear attractive to them and led them astray. He said: «{ وَ عَصٰۤى اٰدَمُ رَبَّهٗ فَغَوٰى }» [ طہٰ : ۱۲۱ ] Another meaning is that I will show them all the adornment only in the earth, as if everything is here, so that they neither pay attention to the Hereafter nor believe in it. Thus, in this way, I will lead them all astray, as He said: «{ وَ لٰكِنَّهٗۤ اَخْلَدَ اِلَى الْاَرْضِ وَ اتَّبَعَ هَوٰىهُ فَمَثَلُهٗ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ }» [ الأعراف : ۱۷۶ ] "But he clung to the earth and followed his desires, so his example is like that of a dog."

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The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.

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He said: "My Lord! Since You have led me astray (because of Adam), I will surely make (their sins) [20.1] attractive to them on earth, and I will mislead them all,

[20۔1] Iblis placed the blame for his misguidance upon Allah, and the reason he gave for this can be seen in Surah Al-A'raf, verse number 16, footnote number 14.
[21]
The Methods by Which Iblis Misleads Mankind:

Iblis said that he would make the life of this world, its pleasures, and its temporary benefits so attractive to people that they would become so absorbed in the interests of this world that they would completely forget about the caliphate, its responsibilities, and the reckoning of the Hereafter. They would either entirely forget You, or even if they remembered You, they would continue to disobey You and associate others with Your divinity. Only those people will be saved from my trap who are strong, steadfast, and firm in their faith.
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