Quran 7:16 — Al-A'raaf, verse 16
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
And then Iblis said, ‘Because You have put me in the wrong, I will lie in wait for them all on Your straight path:
قَالَ فَبِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي لَأَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ صِرَاطَكَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ
qāla fabimā aghwaytanī la-aqʿudanna lahum ṣirāṭaka l-mus'taqīma
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Said he, 'Now, for Thy perverting me, I shall surely sit in ambush for them on Thy straight path;
- Muhammad Asad
- [Whereupon Iblis] said: "Now that Thou hast thwarted me," shall most certainly lie in ambush for them all along Thy straight way,
- Sahih International
- [Satan] said, "Because You have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them [i.e., mankind] on Your straight path.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | (Shaitaan) said | قول |
| 2 | فَبِمَآfabimā | Because | — |
| 3 | أَغْوَيْتَنِىaghwaytanī | You have sent me astray | غوي |
| 4 | لَأَقْعُدَنَّla-aqʿudanna | surely I will sit | قعد |
| 5 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 6 | صِرَٰطَكَṣirāṭaka | (on) Your path | صرط |
| 7 | ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَl-mus'taqīma | the straight | قوم |