8 And the judging on that day will be just; so as for those whose good deeds are heavy, they are the successful. |
9 And as for those whose good deeds are light, those are they who ruined their souls because they disbelieved in Our messages. |
10 And certainly We established you in the earth and made therein means of livelihood for you; little it is that you give thanks! |
11 And We indeed created you, then We fashioned you, then We said to the angels: Make submission to Adam. So they submitted, except Iblīs; he was not of those who submitted. |
12 He said: What hindered thee that thou didst not submit when I commanded thee? He said: I am better than he; Thou hast created me of fire, while him Thou didst create of dust. |
13 He said: Then get forth from this (state), for it is not for thee to behave proudly therein. Go forth, therefore, surely thou art of the abject ones. |
14 He said: Respite me till the day when they are raised. |
15 He said: Thou art surely of the respited ones. |
16 He said: As Thou hast adjudged me to be erring, I will certainly lie in wait for them in Thy straight path, |
17 Then I shall certainly come upon them from before them and from behind them, and from their right and from their left; and Thou wilt not find most of them thankful. |
18 He said: Get out of it, despised, driven away. Whoever of them will follow thee, I will certainly fill hell with you all. |
19 And (We said): O Adam, dwell thou and thy wife in the garden, so eat from whence you desire, but go not near this tree, lest you become of the unjust. |
20 But the devil made an evil suggestion to them that he might make manifest to them that which had been hidden from them of their shame, and he said: Your Lord has forbidden you this tree, lest you become angels or become of the immortals. |
21 And he swore to them both: Surely I am a sincere adviser to you— |