قَالَ فَبِمَآ أَغۡوَيۡتَنِي لَأَقۡعُدَنَّ لَهُمۡ صِرَٰطَكَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمَ ١٦
[Satan] said, "Because You have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them [i.e., mankind] on Your straight path.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- قَالَ(Shaitaan) saidqāla
- فَبِمَآBecausefabimā
- أَغۡوَيۡتَنِيYou have sent me astrayaghwaytanī
- لَأَقۡعُدَنَّsurely I will sitla-aqʿudanna
- لَهُمۡfor themlahum
- صِرَٰطَكَ(on) Your pathṣirāṭaka
- ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمَthe straightl-mus'taqīma
Tafsir
Satan said: 'Because You have made me fall into error through not following Your command to bow down to Adam, I will surely sit in wait for the children of Adam upon Your straight path, to turn them away and mislead them from it, just as I was misled through not bowing down to Adam.'
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran