سورة الاٴعرَاف
Surah Al-A‘râf 7:16
The Elevated Places · Verse 16 of 206
قَالَ فَبِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي لَأَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ صِرَاطَكَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
(Iblîs) said, `Now, since You have adjudged me to be perverted and lost, I will assuredly lie in wait for them (- the Children of Adam) on the straight and exact path that leads to you.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
He said: "Because thou hast thrown me out of the way, lo! I will lie in wait for them on thy straight way:
Ahmed Ali
"Since You led me into error," said Iblis, "I shall lie in wait for them along Your straight path.
12 more translations
Ali Unal
(Iblis) continued: "Now that You have allowed me to rebel and go astray, I will surely lie in wait for them on Your Straight Path (to lure them from it).
Daryabadi
He said: because Thou hast seduced me, I will beset for them Thy straight path.
Faridul Haque
He said, "Hence I swear by the fact that You sent me astray, I will certainly lay in wait for them on Your Straight Path."
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He said: As Thou hast adjudged me to be erring, I will certainly lie in wait for them in Thy straight path,
Maulvi Sher Ali
He said, `Now, since Thou hast adjudge me to be erring, I will assuredly lie in wait for them on Thy straight path;
Muhammad Asad
[Whereupon Iblis] said: "Now that Thou hast thwarted me, I shall most certainly lie in ambush for them all along Thy straight way,
Muhammad Musin Khan
(Iblis) said: "Because You have sent me astray, surely I will sit in wait against them (human beings) on Your Straight Path.
Muhammad Pickthall
He said: Now, because Thou hast sent me astray, verily I shall lurk in ambush for them on Thy Right Path.
Muhammad Sarwar
Then Satan said, "Because you have made me go astray, I shall certainly try to seduce people into straying from the right path.
Muhammed ali Shakir
He said: As Thou hast caused me to remain disappointed I will certainly lie in wait for them in Thy straight path.
Rashad Khalifa
He said, "Since You have willed that I go astray, I will skulk for them on Your straight path.
Shabbir Ahmed
Iblees said, "Since You have willed that I go astray, I will lurk in ambush for them in Your straight path.”