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قَالَ يَـٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ﴿٣٢﴾

He said: O Iblis! What aileth thee that thou art not among the prostrate?

قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ﴿٣٣﴾

He said: I am not one to prostrate myself unto a mortal whom Thou hast created out of potter's clay of black mud altered!

قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ﴿٣٤﴾

He said: Then go thou forth from hence, for lo! thou art outcast.

وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ ٱللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ﴿٣٥﴾

And lo! the curse shall be upon thee till the Day of Judgment.

قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ﴿٣٦﴾

He said: My Lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are raised.

قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ﴿٣٧﴾

He said: Then lo! thou art of those reprieved

إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ﴿٣٨﴾

Till the Day of appointed time.

قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ﴿٣٩﴾

He said: My Lord! Because Thou hast sent me astray, I verily shall adorn the path of error for them in the earth, and shall mislead them every one,

إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ﴿٤٠﴾

Save such of them as are Thy perfectly devoted slaves.

قَالَ هَـٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ عَلَىَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ﴿٤١﴾

He said: This is a right course incumbent upon Me:

إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَـٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ﴿٤٢﴾

Lo! as for My slaves, thou hast no power over any of them save such of the froward as follow thee,

وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ﴿٤٣﴾

And lo! for all such, hell will be the promised place.

لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَٰبٍ لِّكُلِّ بَابٍ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَّقْسُومٌ﴿٤٤﴾

It hath seven gates, and each gate hath an appointed portion.

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ﴿٤٥﴾

Lo! those who ward off (evil) are among gardens and watersprings.

ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَـٰمٍ ءَامِنِينَ﴿٤٦﴾

(And it is said unto them): Enter them in peace, secure.

وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِى صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَٰنًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ﴿٤٧﴾

And We remove whatever rancour may be in their breasts. As brethren, face to face, (they rest) on couches raised.

لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ﴿٤٨﴾

Toil cometh not unto them there, nor will they be expelled from thence.

۞ نَبِّئْ عِبَادِىٓ أَنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿٤٩﴾

Announce, (O Muhammad) unto My slaves that verily I am the Forgiving, the Merciful,

وَأَنَّ عَذَابِى هُوَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ٱلْأَلِيمُ﴿٥٠﴾

And that My doom is the dolorous doom.

وَنَبِّئْهُمْ عَن ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ﴿٥١﴾

And tell them of Abraham's guests,