The Exile
59. Al-Ḥashr
الحشر
Page #547
59:16
كَمَثَلِ
الشَّيْطَانِ
إِذْ
قَالَ
لِلْإِنسَانِ
اكْفُرْ
فَلَمَّا
كَفَرَ
قَالَ
إِنِّي
بَرِيءٌ
مِّنكَ
إِنِّي
أَخَافُ
اللَّهَ
رَبَّ
الْعَالَمِينَ
ka-mathali sh-shayṭāni ʾidh qāla li-l-ʾinsāni kfur fa-lammā kafara qāla ʾinnī barīʾun minka ʾinnī ʾakhāfu llāha rabba l-ʿālamīna
[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.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
(Their allies deceived them), like the Evil One, when he says to man, "Deny Allah": but when (man) denies Allah, (the Evil One) says, "I am free of thee: I do fear Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!"
