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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 62of 111

قَالَ أَرَءَيْتَكَ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كَرَّمْتَ عَلَىَّ لَئِنْ أَخَّرْتَنِ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ لَأَحْتَنِكَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا﴿٦٢

Translation (Sahih International)

[Iblees] said, "Do You see this one whom You have honored above me? If You delay me until the Day of Resurrection, I will surely destroy his descendants, except for a few."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaHe said
أَرَءَيْتَكَara-aytakaDo You see
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhom
كَرَّمْتَkarramtaYou have honored
عَلَىَّʿalayyaabove me
لَئِنْla-inIf
أَخَّرْتَنِakhartaniYou give me respite
إِلَىٰilātill
يَوْمِyawmi(the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
لَأَحْتَنِكَنَّla-aḥtanikannaI will surely destroy
ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓdhurriyyatahuhis offspring
إِلَّاillāexcept
قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana few

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Story of Adam and IblisAllah mentions here the enmity of Iblis, may the curse of Allah be upon him and his progeny. This is an ancient hatred, dating from the time that Allah created Adam, when He commanded the angels to prostrate to Adam, and all of them prostrated except Iblis, who was too arrogant and he haughtily refused to prostrate to him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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