وَقَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ لَمَّا قُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَعَدَكُمْ وَعْدَ الْحَقِّ وَوَعَدتُّكُمْ فَأَخْلَفْتُكُمْ وَمَا كَانَ لِيَ عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَانٍ إِلَّا أَن دَعَوْتُكُمْ فَاسْتَجَبْتُمْ لِي فَلَا تَلُومُونِي وَلُومُوا أَنفُسَكُم مَّا أَنَا بِمُصْرِخِكُمْ وَمَا أَنتُم بِمُصْرِخِيَّ إِنِّي كَفَرْتُ بِمَا أَشْرَكْتُمُونِ مِن قَبْلُ إِنَّ الظَّالِمِينَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
When the matter is all over, Satan will say, ‘Indeed Allah made you a promise that was true and I [too] made you a promise, but I failed you. I had no authority over you, except that I called you and you responded to me. So do not blame me, but blame yourselves. I cannot respond to your distress calls, neither can you respond to my distress calls. Indeed I disavow your taking me for [Allah’s] partner aforetime. There is indeed a painful punishment for the wrongdoers.’
Agha Ali Puya Commentary
Commentary on Quran 14:22
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 14:22] The promise of Allah was true, but the evildoers believed in Shaytan who had no power to force them. He merely called them and they came running to him. They must blame themselves. Shaytan knew well that he was not and never could be equal to Allah, so the evildoers must suffer the penalty. Aqa Mahdi Puya says: The satanic forces, their false promises and their self-proclaimed authority attract the attention of those who wilfully separate themselves from the true guidance of Allah made available to mankind through the Quran, the Holy Prophet and his Ahl ul Bayt. Their response to Shaytan is purely their own choice, so they must suffer the consequences-a painful eternal chastisement.
Ali Muhammad Fazil Chinoy Commentary
Commentary on Quran 14:22-27
False modesty is vanity, false tongue is levity, false grandeur is meanness, false virtue is hypocrisy, and false wisdom is prudery.