The Holy Quran 34:41 — Surah Saba

Arabic text

قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا مِن دُونِهِم ۖ بَلْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ ٱلْجِنَّ ۖ أَكْثَرُهُم بِهِم مُّؤْمِنُونَ

Translation

They will say, "You (Allaah) are Pure! You are our Protecting Friend, not them. The fact is that they (never worshipped us but) used to worship the Jinn (the Shayaateen who persuaded them to worship us), most of them believing them (believing the reasons the Shayaateen gave them for worshipping us)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The reply of the angels: that is, You are far above anyone being Your partner in any degree. (Allah protect us!) Why would we have said such a thing to them, or been pleased with such absurd conduct? Our pleasure is subordinate to Your pleasure. What have we to do with these criminals? We are Your obedient slaves.

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