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Sura 38
Aya 82
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قالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَأُغوِيَنَّهُم أَجمَعينَ

Yusuf Ali

(Iblis) said: “Then, by Thy Power,1 I will put them all in the wrong,-2
  • This phrase, this oath of Satan, is a fresh point introduced in this passage, because here we are dealing with Power?the Power of Good contrasted with Evil?the spiritual Power of God as contrasted with the power that we see in our earthly affairs. Satan acknowledges that even his power, such as it is, has no reality except insofar as it is permitted to operate by God in God’s wise and universal Plan, and that it cannot harm the true and sincere worshippers of God.
  • Seen. 1974 to 15:39.