قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنْظِرْنِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ ٣٦
(Iblis) said: "O my Lord! give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised."
قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنْظِرْنِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ ٣٦
(Iblis) said: "O my Lord! give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised."
قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنْظَرِينَ ٣٧
(Allah) said: "Respite is granted thee
إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ ٣٨
"Till the Day of the Time appointed."
قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ٣٩
(Iblis) said: "O my Lord! because Thou hast put me in the wrong, I will make (wrong) fair-seeming to them on the earth, and I will put them all in the wrong,-
إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِينَ ٤٠
"Except Thy servants among them, sincere and purified (by Thy Grace)."