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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 14of 206

قَالَ أَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ﴿١٤

Translation (Sahih International)

[Satan] said, "Reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqāla(Shaitaan) said
أَنظِرْنِىٓanẓir'nīGive me respite
إِلَىٰilātill
يَوْمِyawmi(the) Day
يُبْعَثُونَyub'ʿathūnathey are raised up

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

فَاهْبِطْ مِنْهَا(Get down from this) "because you defied My command and disobeyed Me. Get out, it is not for you to be arrogant here," in Paradise, according to the scholars of Tafsir. It could also refer to particular status which he held in the utmost highs. Allah said to Iblis, فَاخْرُجْ إِنَّكَ مِنَ الصَّـغِرِينَ(Get out, for you are of those humiliated and disgraced.) as just recompense for his ill intentions, by giving him the opposite of what he intended (arrogance).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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