Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:16

7:16

قَالَ فَبِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ صِرَٰطَكَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ

qāla fabimā aghwaytanī la-aqʿudanna lahum ṣirāṭaka l-mus'taqīma

[Satan] said, "Because You have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them [i.e., mankind] on Your straight path.

— Saheeh International

And then Iblis said, ‘Because You have put me in the wrong, I will lie in wait for them all on Your straight path:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

(Iblîs) said: "Because You have sent me astray, surely I will sit in wait against them (human beings) on Your Straight Path.

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

Juz 8Page 152meccan

Word by Word

قَالَqāla(Shaitaan) said
فَبِمَآfabimāBecause
أَغْوَيْتَنِىaghwaytanīYou have sent me astray
لَأَقْعُدَنَّla-aqʿudannasurely I will sit
لَهُمْlahumfor them
صِرَٰطَكَṣirāṭaka(on) Your path
ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَl-mus'taqīmathe straight