وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلاَئِکَةِ اسْجُدُوا لاَِدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا إِلاَّ إِبْلِیسَ کَانَ مِنْ الْجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِ أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُ وَذُرِّیَّتَهُ أَوْلِیَاءَ مِنْ دُونِی وَهُمْ لَکُمْ عَدُوُّ بِئْسَ لِلظَّالِمِینَ بَدَل(( 50 ))
50- AND WHEN WE SAID TO THE ANGELS; PROSTRATE YOURSELVES BEFORE ADAM. THEN THEY ALL PROSTRATED,
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EXCEPT IBLIS, WHO WAS OF THE JINNS. SO HE DISOBEYED THE COMMAND OF HIS LORD. DO YOU THEN TAKE HIM AND HIS OFFSPRING AS MASTERS BESIDES ME WHILE THEY ARE YOUR ENEMY!? WHAT A BAD SUBSTITUTE ARE THEY FOR THE OPPRESSORS.
مَّا أَشْهَدْتُّهُمْ خَلْقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالاَْرْضِ وَلاَ خَلْقَ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمَا کُنتُ مُتَّخِذَ الْمُضِلِّینَ عَضُد(( 51 ))
51- I CALLED THEM NOT TO WITNESS THE CREATION OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, NOR THEIR OWN CREATION. AND I WAS NOT (THE ONE) TO TAKE THOSE WHO LEAD OTHERS ASTRAY AS AN ASSISTANCE.
وَیَوْمَ یَقُولُ نَادُوا شُرَکَائِیَ الَّذِینَ زَعَمْتُمْ فَدَعَوْهُمْ فَلَمْ یَسْتَجِیبُوا لَهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَا بَیْنَهُمْ مَّوْبِق(( 52 ))
52- AND THE DAY IN WHICH HE SAYS:ِ ``CALL ON THOSE WHOM YOU THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN MY PARTNERS. AND THEY WILL CALL THEM ON, BUT THEY ANSWER THEM NOT.'' AND WE SET A PLACE OF PERDITION BETWEEN THEM.
وَرَأَى الْمُجْرِمُونَ النَّارَ فَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ مُوَاقِعُوهَا وَلَمْ یَجِدُوا عَنْهَا مَصْرِف(( 53 ))
53- AND THE SINNERS SEE THE FIRE, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ABOUT TO FALL IN IT, AND WILL NOT FIND A MEANS TO TURN THEM AWAY.