قَالَ

يَٰٓإِبۡلِيسُ

مَا

لَكَ

أَلَّا

تَكُونَ

مَعَ

ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ

٣٢

Allah asked, “O Iblîs! What is the matter with you that you did not join others in prostration?”

He replied, “It is not for me to prostrate to a human You created from sounding clay moulded from black mud.”

Allah commanded, “Then get out of Paradise, for you are truly cursed.

And surely upon you is condemnation until the Day of Judgment.”

Satan appealed, “My Lord! Then delay my end until the Day of their resurrection.”

Allah said, “You will be delayed

until the appointed Day.”

Satan responded, “My Lord! For allowing me to stray I will surely tempt them on earth and mislead them all together,

except Your chosen servants among them.”

Allah said, “This is the Way, binding on Me:

you will certainly have no authority over My servants, except the deviant who follow you,

and surely Hell is their destined place, all together.

It has seven gates, to each a group of them is designated.”

Indeed, the righteous will be amid Gardens and springs.

˹It will be said to them,˺ “Enter in peace and security.”

We will remove whatever bitterness they had in their hearts.¹ In a friendly manner, they will be on thrones, facing one another.

No fatigue will touch them there, nor will they ever be asked to leave.

Inform My servants ˹O Prophet˺ that I am truly the All-Forgiving, Most Merciful,

and that My torment is indeed the most painful.

And inform them ˹O Prophet˺ about Abraham’s guests