118 Preface لَعَنَهُ اللَّهُ ۘ وَقالَ لَأَتَّخِذَنَّ مِن عِبادِكَ نَصيبًا مَفروضًاYusuf AliGod did curse him, but he said: “I will take of Thy servants a portion1 Marked off;Satan obtained God’s permission to tempt man, and this was implied in such free will as was granted to man by God. Satan’s boast is that the portion of mankind seduced by him will be so corrupted in their nature that they will bear a sort of brand that will mark them off as his own; or that they will be like a portion assigned to himself.