Surah Al-Hijr (الحجر) • The Rocky Tract

Quran 15:39

15:39

قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

qāla rabbi bimā aghwaytanī la-uzayyinanna lahum fī l-arḍi wala-ugh'wiyannahum ajmaʿīna

[Iblees] said, "My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them [i.e., mankind] on earth, and I will mislead them all

— Saheeh International

Iblis then said to God, ‘Because You have put me in the wrong, I will lure mankind on earth and put them in the wrong,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

[Iblîs (Satan)] said: "O my Lord! Because you misled me, I shall indeed adorn the path of error for them (mankind) on the earth, and I shall mislead them all.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
بِمَآbimāBecause
أَغْوَيْتَنِىaghwaytanīYou misled me
لَأُزَيِّنَنَّla-uzayyinannasurely, I will make (evil) fair-seeming
لَهُمْlahumto them
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْwala-ugh'wiyannahumand I will mislead them
أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall