Shaitan's Admission of Betrayal and Human Responsibility on Yawm al-Qiyamah (Day of Judgment)

Ibrahim — Verses 22–22 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim

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 ٢٢

And Shaitan (Satan) will say when the matter has been decided: "Verily, Allah promised you a promise of truth. And I too promised you, but I betrayed you. I had no authority over you except that I called you, so you responded to me. So blame me not, but blame yourselves. I cannot help you, nor can you help me. I deny your former act in associating me (Satan) as a partner with Allah (by obeying me in the life of the world). Verily, there is a painful torment for the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.)."

وَقَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ لَمَّا قُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ
And Shaitan (Satan) will say when the matter has been decided:
إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَعَدَكُمْ وَعْدَ الْحَقِّ
Verily, Allah promised you a promise of truth.
وَوَعَدتُّكُمْ فَأَخْلَفْتُكُمْ ۖ
And I too promised you, but I betrayed you.
وَمَا كَانَ لِيَ عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَانٍ إِلَّا أَن دَعَوْتُكُمْ فَاسْتَجَبْتُمْ لِي ۖ
I had no authority over you except that I called you, so you responded to me.
فَلَا تَلُومُونِي وَلُومُوا أَنفُسَكُم ۖ
So blame me not, but blame yourselves.
مَّا أَنَا بِمُصْرِخِكُمْ وَمَا أَنتُم بِمُصْرِخِيَّ ۖ
I cannot help you, nor can you help me.
إِنِّي كَفَرْتُ بِمَا أَشْرَكْتُمُونِ مِن قَبْلُ ۗ
I deny your former act in associating me (Satan) as a partner with Allah (by obeying me in the life of the world).
إِنَّ الظَّالِمِينَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
Verily, there is a painful torment for the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.).