And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was of the jinn and departed from [i.e., disobeyed] the command of his Lord. Then will you take him and his descendants as allies other than Me while they are enemies to you? Wretched it is for the wrongdoers as an exchange.
أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُۥWill you then take himafatattakhidhūnahu
وَذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓand his offspringwadhurriyyatahu
أَوۡلِيَآءَ(as) protectorsawliyāa
مِنother than Memin
دُونِيother than Medūnī
وَهُمۡwhile theywahum
لَكُمۡ(are) to youlakum
عَدُوُّۢۚenemiesʿaduwwun
بِئۡسَWretchedbi'sa
لِلظَّٰلِمِينَfor the wrongdoerslilẓẓālimīna
بَدَلٗا(is) the exchangebadalan
Tafsir
Remember - O Messenger - when I said to the angels: Prostrate to Adam as a salutation. So all of them prostrated to him in fulfilment of the instruction of their Lord besides Iblis. He was one of the Jinn and was not an angel. He refused and was too proud to prostrate. Thus he went against following His Lord. Will you - O people - then take him and his children as friends with whom you align yourselves instead of Me, whilst they are your enemies! How do you take your enemies to be your friends? How bad and ugly is the act of the wrongdoers who make Satan their friend instead of befriending Allah!