Surah Al-A'raf 7:16 — translation and meaning
الأعراف · Verse 16 / 206 · Page 152
قَالَ فَبِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي لَأَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ صِرَاطَكَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ
Word by Word
قَالَ
qala
(Shaitaan) said
فَبِمَا
fabima
Because
أَغْوَيْتَنِي
aghwaytani
You have sent me astray
لَأَقْعُدَنَّ
la-aq'udanna
surely I will sit
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
صِرَاطَكَ
sirataka
(on) Your path
الْمُسْتَقِيمَ
al-mus'taqima
the straight
Transliteration
Qaala fabimaaa aghway tanee la aq'udanna lahum Siraatakal Mustaqeem
Translation
[Satan] said, "Because You have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them on Your straight path.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Satan said: 'Because You have made me fall into error through not following Your command to bow down to Adam, I will surely sit in wait for the children of Adam upon Your straight path, to turn them away and mislead them from it, just as I was misled through not bowing down to Adam.'
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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