كَمَثَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ إِذْ قَالَ لِلْإِنسَانِ اكْفُرْ فَلَمَّا كَفَرَ قَالَ إِنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِّنكَ إِنِّي أَخَافُ اللَّهَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ
[The hypocrites are] like Satan when he tells man to disbelieve, but when he disbelieves, he says, ‘I am absolved of you. Indeed I fear Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.’
Agha Ali Puya Commentary
Commentary on Quran 59:16
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 59:16] Shaytan (evil) tempts man in all sorts of ways and allures him with seductive promises and alliances to delude him to deny Allah and goodness and to disobey His laws and deviate from the right path. When the sinner goes deep into the mire, he forsakes him and disconnects all ties of false friendship. The sinner is left alone to bear the consequences of rebellion and transgression. It is said that on the eve of the departure for the battle of Badr, Shaytan in the guise of the chief of Bani Kananah assured Abu Jahl that he would certainly prevail over the Holy Prophet but when he saw the angels descending from heaven ran away from the scene of the battle, forsaking Abu Jahl and his comrades to defeat and disgrace. The fate of the seducer and the seduced is the same-burning in the fire for ever.