Surah 17 Al-Israa — Ayah 62
قَالَ أَرَءَيْتَكَ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كَرَّمْتَ عَلَىَّ لَئِنْ أَخَّرْتَنِ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ لَأَحْتَنِكَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا
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qāla ara-aytaka hādhā alladhī karramta ʿalayya la-in akhartani ilā yawmi l-qiyāmati la-aḥtanikanna dhurriyyatahu illā qalīlan
Word by word
- قَالَ qāla He said
- أَرَءَيْتَكَ ara-aytaka Do You see
- هَـٰذَا hādhā this
- ٱلَّذِى alladhī whom
- كَرَّمْتَ karramta You have honored
- عَلَىَّ ʿalayya above me
- لَئِنْ la-in If
- أَخَّرْتَنِ akhartani You give me respite
- إِلَىٰ ilā till
- يَوْمِ yawmi (the) Day
- ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ l-qiyāmati (of) the Resurrection
- لَأَحْتَنِكَنَّ la-aḥtanikanna I will surely destroy
- ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ dhurriyyatahu his offspring
- إِلَّا illā except
- قَلِيلًۭا qalīlan a few
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Story of Adam and Iblis
Allah mentions here the enmity of Iblis, may the curse of Allah be upon him and his progeny. This is an ancient hatred, dating from the time that Allah created Adam, when He commanded the angels to prostrate to Adam, and all of them prostrated except Iblis, who was too arrogant and he haughtily refused to prostrate to him. He said in a tone indicating contempt:
(He said: "Shall I prostrate myself to one whom You created from clay") According to another Ayah, he said:
(I am better than he. You created me from fire, and You created him from clay.) 7:12 He also said, speaking to the Lord with disbelief and insolence, but the Lord bore it patiently:
(He said: "See this one whom You have honored above me...") `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "He is saying, `I am going to dominate his offspring, all but a few."' Mujahid said (it means), "I am going to surround them." Ibn Zayd said (it means), "I am going to lead them astray." All of them are close in meaning, and the meaning of the Ayah is, "Do You see this one whom You have honored and made greater than me If You give me time, I will lead his descendants astray, all but a few of them."