Quran 15:39 — Al-Hijr, verse 39
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Iblis then said to God, ‘Because You have put me in the wrong, I will lure mankind on earth and put them in the wrong,
قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
qāla rabbi bimā aghwaytanī la-uzayyinanna lahum fī l-arḍi wala-ugh'wiyannahum ajmaʿīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Said he, 'My Lord, for Thy perverting me I shall deck all fair to them in the earth, and I shall pervert them, all together,
- Muhammad Asad
- [Whereupon Iblis] said: "O my Sustainer! Since Thou hast thwarted me, I shall indeed make [all that is evil] on earth seem goodly to them, and shall most certainly beguile them-into grievous error -
- Sahih International
- [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
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | رَبِّrabbi | My Lord | ربب |
| 3 | بِمَآbimā | Because | — |
| 4 | أَغْوَيْتَنِىaghwaytanī | You misled me | غوي |
| 5 | لَأُزَيِّنَنَّla-uzayyinanna | surely, I will make (evil) fair-seeming | زين |
| 6 | لَهُمْlahum | to them | — |
| 7 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 8 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 9 | وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْwala-ugh'wiyannahum | and I will mislead them | غوي |
| 10 | أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīna | all | جمع |