قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنْظِرْنِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ ٧٩
(Iblis) said: "O my Lord! Give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised."
38:80
قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنْظَرِينَ ٨٠
(Allah) said: "Respite then is granted thee-
38:81
إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ ٨١
"Till the Day of the Time Appointed."
38:82
قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ٨٢
(Iblis) said: "Then, by Thy power, I will put them all in the wrong,-
38:83
إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِينَ ٨٣
"Except Thy Servants amongst them, sincere and purified (by Thy Grace)."