سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 16
قَالَ فَبِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ صِرَٰطَكَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ ﴿16﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
(Iblîs) said: "Because You have sent me astray, surely I will sit in wait against them (human beings) on Your Straight Path.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
(Shaitaan) said
فَبِمَآ
fabimā
Because
أَغْوَيْتَنِى
aghwaytanī
You have sent me astray
لَأَقْعُدَنَّ
la-aqʿudanna
surely I will sit
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
صِرَٰطَكَ
ṣirāṭaka
(on) Your path
ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ
l-mus'taqīma
the straight
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
16. 1. He went astray under Allah's creative will. But he also made this, like the polytheists, an excuse, just as they used to say that if Allah had willed, we would not have committed shirk.
