Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 16
قَالَ فَبِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ صِرَٰطَكَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ
[Satan] said, "Because You have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them [i.e., mankind] on Your straight path.
Al-A'raf · 7:16
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
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