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Surah Qaaf (50) — Ayah 27

The letter Qaaf · Meccan · Juz 26 · Page 519

۞ قَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطْغَيْتُهُۥ وَلَـٰكِن كَانَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍ ﴿27﴾
His companion (Satan - devil)] will say: "Our Lord! I did not push him to transgression, (in disbelief, oppression, and evil deeds) but he was himself in error far astray."
۞ قَالَ qāla Will say
قَرِينُهُۥ qarīnuhu his companion
رَبَّنَا rabbanā Our Lord
مَآ not
أَطْغَيْتُهُۥ aṭghaytuhu I made him transgress
وَلَـٰكِن walākin but
كَانَ kāna he was
فِى in
ضَلَـٰلٍۭ ḍalālin error
بَعِيدٍۢ baʿīdin far

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(Ayah 27) {قَالَ قَرِيْنُهٗ رَبَّنَا مَاۤ اَطْغَيْتُهٗ … :} When the disbeliever hears this command, he will say, "O my Lord! I have no sin; it was my companion (qarin) who led me astray." In response, his companion (qarin) will say, "O our Lord! I did not make him rebellious; rather, he himself was deeply involved in misguidance. I did not force him in any way. If he had not been extremely misguided himself, he would never have adopted rebellion just because of my suggestion." By "qarin" is meant both that devil who stays with a person and keeps leading him astray, and also the evil companions among humans who teach him evil and incite him towards it. On the Day of Judgment, when the criminal will make the excuse that these people led me astray, they will clearly disassociate themselves from him. For details about these misleading devils among humans and jinn disassociating themselves from those they misled, see Surah Al-Baqarah (__XREF_167__), Al-A'raf (__XREF_38__, __XREF_39__), Ibrahim (__XREF_21__), Saba (__XREF_31__ to __XREF_33__), and Surah Sad (__XREF_55__ to __XREF_61__).

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27. 1. That is why he immediately accepted my word; if he had been your sincere servant, he would not have fallen for my deception. Here, "qarin" refers to Satan.

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27. And his companion [33] will say, "Our Lord! I did not make him rebellious, but he himself was deeply astray."

[33] By "this companion" is meant, most likely, that satanic companion who used to be with him in the world or was imposed upon him. He will present his defense in the Divine Court, saying that he had no such power that he could make him rebellious against You and Your Messenger. All that happened was that he cast a whisper into his heart, and he was already a criminal at heart. He immediately responded to his call. The satanic whisper was as if it were the voice of his own heart. Therefore, he himself kept advancing in the works of misguidance.