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وَقَالُوا۟ مَا لَنَا لَا نَرَىٰ رِجَالًا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ﴿٦٢﴾

And they say: What aileth us that we behold not men whom we were wont to count among the wicked?

أَتَّخَذْنَـٰهُمْ سِخْرِيًّا أَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُ﴿٦٣﴾

Did we take them (wrongly) for a laughing-stock, or have our eyes missed them?

إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَحَقٌّ تَخَاصُمُ أَهْلِ ٱلنَّارِ﴿٦٤﴾

Lo! that is very truth: the wrangling of the dwellers in the Fire.

قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مُنذِرٌ ۖ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَـٰهٍ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ﴿٦٥﴾

Say (unto them, O Muhammad): I am only a warner, and there is no Allah save Allah, the One, the Absolute,

رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفَّـٰرُ﴿٦٦﴾

Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the Mighty, the Pardoning.

قُلْ هُوَ نَبَؤٌا۟ عَظِيمٌ﴿٦٧﴾

Say: It is tremendous tidings

أَنتُمْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضُونَ﴿٦٨﴾

Whence ye turn away!

مَا كَانَ لِىَ مِنْ عِلْمٍۭ بِٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰٓ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ﴿٦٩﴾

I had no knowledge of the Highest Chiefs when they disputed;

إِن يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ إِلَّآ أَنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ﴿٧٠﴾

It is revealed unto me only that I may be a plain warner.

إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَـٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن طِينٍ﴿٧١﴾

When thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am about to create a mortal out of mire,

فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَـٰجِدِينَ﴿٧٢﴾

And when I have fashioned him and breathed into him of My Spirit, then fall down before him prostrate,

فَسَجَدَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ﴿٧٣﴾

The angels fell down prostrate, every one,

إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ ٱسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ﴿٧٤﴾

Saving Iblis; he was scornful and became one of the disbelievers.

قَالَ يَـٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَىَّ ۖ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْعَالِينَ﴿٧٥﴾

He said: O Iblis! What hindereth thee from falling prostrate before that which I have created with both My hands? Art thou too proud or art thou of the high exalted?

قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ ۖ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ﴿٧٦﴾

He said: I am better than him. Thou createdst me of fire, whilst him Thou didst create of clay.

قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ﴿٧٧﴾

He said: Go forth from hence, for lo! thou art outcast,

وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ لَعْنَتِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ﴿٧٨﴾

And lo! My curse is on thee till the Day of Judgment.

قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ﴿٧٩﴾

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

قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ﴿٨٠﴾

He said: Lo! thou art of those reprieved

إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ﴿٨١﴾

Until the day of the time appointed.

قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ﴿٨٢﴾

He said: Then, by Thy might, I surely will beguile them every one,

إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ﴿٨٣﴾

Save Thy single-minded slaves among them.