And Satan will say when the matter has been concluded, "Indeed, Allāh had promised you the promise of truth. And I promised you, but I betrayed you. But I had no authority over you except that I invited you, and you responded to me. So do not blame me; but blame yourselves. I cannot be called to your aid, nor can you be called to my aid. Indeed, I deny your association of me [with Allāh] before.1 Indeed, for the wrongdoers is a painful punishment."
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 By your obedience to me instead of Him during life on earth.
أَشۡرَكۡتُمُونِyour association of me (with Allah)ashraktumūni
مِنbeforemin
قَبۡلُۗbeforeqablu
إِنَّIndeedinna
ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَthe wrongdoersl-ẓālimīna
لَهُمۡfor themlahum
عَذَابٌ(is) a punishmentʿadhābun
أَلِيمٞpainfulalīmun
Tafsir
When the people of paradise entered paradise, and the people of hellfire entered hellfire, Iblis said: “Indeed Allah gave you a true promise, and he carried out his promise to you. I gave you a false promise and I failed to fulfil my promise to you. With whatever strength I have I will use to compel you in this world towards disbelief and misguidance. I invited you towards disbelieve and made sins attractive to you, so you were quick to follow me. Do not blame me for what befell you of misguidance, but blame yourselves because yourselves are more deserving of blame. I will not help you in averting your penalty, and you will not help me in averting my penalty. I denounce that you made me a partner with Allah in your worship. Those who do wrong by associating partners with Allah in this world and disbelieve in Him have a painful penalty that awaits them on the Day of Judgment.