Quran 14:22 — Ibrahim, verse 22
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When everything has been decided, Satan will say, ‘God gave you a true promise. I too made promises but they were false ones: I had no power over you except to call you, and you responded to my call, so do not blame me; blame yourselves. I cannot help you, nor can you help me. I reject the way you associated me with God before.’ A bitter torment awaits such wrongdoers,
وَقَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ لَمَّا قُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَعَدَكُمْ وَعْدَ الْحَقِّ وَوَعَدْتُكُمْ فَأَخْلَفْتُكُمْ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ لِيَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ سُلْطَانٍ إِلَّا أَنْ دَعَوْتُكُمْ فَاسْتَجَبْتُمْ لِي ۖ فَلَا تَلُومُونِي وَلُومُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ ۖ مَا أَنَا بِمُصْرِخِكُمْ وَمَا أَنْتُمْ بِمُصْرِخِيَّ ۖ إِنِّي كَفَرْتُ بِمَا أَشْرَكْتُمُونِ مِنْ قَبْلُ ۗ إِنَّ الظَّالِمِينَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
waqāla l-shayṭānu lammā quḍiya l-amru inna l-laha waʿadakum waʿda l-ḥaqi wawaʿadttukum fa-akhlaftukum wamā kāna liya ʿalaykum min sul'ṭānin illā an daʿawtukum fa-is'tajabtum lī falā talūmūnī walūmū anfusakum mā anā bimuṣ'rikhikum wamā antum bimuṣ'rikhiyya innī kafartu bimā ashraktumūni min qablu inna l-ẓālimīna lahum ʿadhābun alīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And Satan says, when the issue is decided, 'God surely promised you a true promise; and I promised you, then I failed you, for I had no authority over you, but that I called you, and you answered me. So do not blame me, but blame yourselves; I cannot aid you, neither can you aid me. I disbelieved in your associating me with God aforetime.' As for the evildoers, for them awaits a painful chastisement;
- Muhammad Asad
- And when everything will have been decided, Satan will say: "Behold, God promised you something that was bound to come true! I, too, held out [all manner of] promises to you -but I deceived you. Yet I had no power at all over you: I but called you-and you responded unto me. Hence, blame not me, but blame yourselves. It is not for me to respond to your cries, nor for you to respond to mine: for, behold, I have [always] refused to admit that there was any truth in your erstwhile belief that I had a share in God's divinity." Verily, for all evildoers there is grievous suffering in store.
- Sahih International
- 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. Indeed, for the wrongdoers is a painful punishment."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالَwaqāla | And will say | قول |
| 2 | ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānu | the Shaitaan | شطن |
| 3 | لَمَّاlammā | when | — |
| 4 | قُضِىَquḍiya | has been decided | قضي |
| 5 | ٱلْأَمْرُl-amru | the matter | أمر |
| 6 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 7 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 8 | وَعَدَكُمْwaʿadakum | promised you | وعد |
| 9 | وَعْدَwaʿda | a promise | وعد |
| 10 | ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqi | (of) truth | حقق |
| 11 | وَوَعَدتُّكُمْwawaʿadttukum | And I promised you | وعد |
| 12 | فَأَخْلَفْتُكُمْ ۖfa-akhlaftukum | but I betrayed you | خلف |
| 13 | وَمَاwamā | But not | — |
| 14 | كَانَkāna | I had | كون |
| 15 | لِىَliya | I had | — |
| 16 | عَلَيْكُمʿalaykum | over you | — |
| 17 | مِّنmin | any | — |
| 18 | سُلْطَـٰنٍsul'ṭānin | authority | سلط |
| 19 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 20 | أَنan | that | — |
| 21 | دَعَوْتُكُمْdaʿawtukum | I invited you | دعو |
| 22 | فَٱسْتَجَبْتُمْfa-is'tajabtum | and you responded | جوب |
| 23 | لِى ۖlī | to me | — |
| 24 | فَلَاfalā | So (do) not | — |
| 25 | تَلُومُونِىtalūmūnī | blame me | لوم |
| 26 | وَلُومُوٓا۟walūmū | but blame | لوم |
| 27 | أَنفُسَكُم ۖanfusakum | yourselves | نفس |
| 28 | مَّآmā | Not | — |
| 29 | أَنَا۠anā | (can) I | — |
| 30 | بِمُصْرِخِكُمْbimuṣ'rikhikum | (be) your helper | صرخ |
| 31 | وَمَآwamā | and not | — |
| 32 | أَنتُمantum | you (can) | — |
| 33 | بِمُصْرِخِىَّ ۖbimuṣ'rikhiyya | (be) my helper | صرخ |
| 34 | إِنِّىinnī | Indeed, I | — |
| 35 | كَفَرْتُkafartu | deny | كفر |
| 36 | بِمَآbimā | [of what] | — |
| 37 | أَشْرَكْتُمُونِashraktumūni | your association of me (with Allah) | شرك |
| 38 | مِنmin | before | — |
| 39 | قَبْلُ ۗqablu | before | قبل |
| 40 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 41 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |
| 42 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 43 | عَذَابٌʿadhābun | (is) a punishment | عذب |
| 44 | أَلِيمٌۭalīmun | painful | ألم |