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Al-Hijr 39

Ayah 39 of 99 · Meccan

قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَغۡوَيۡتَنِي لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَأُغۡوِيَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٣٩

[Iblees] said, "My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them [i.e., mankind] on earth, and I will mislead them all

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. رَبِّMy Lordrabbi
  3. بِمَآBecausebimā
  4. أَغۡوَيۡتَنِيYou misled meaghwaytanī
  5. لَأُزَيِّنَنَّsurely, I will make (evil) fair-seemingla-uzayyinanna
  6. لَهُمۡto themlahum
  7. فِيinfī
  8. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  9. وَلَأُغۡوِيَنَّهُمۡand I will mislead themwala-ugh'wiyannahum
  10. أَجۡمَعِينَallajmaʿīna

Tafsir

Iblis said: O Lord, because You misguided me, I will make sins on earth seem attractive to them, and I will lead them all astray from the straight path.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran