The Holy Quran 59:16 — Surah Al-Hashr

Arabic text

كَمَثَلِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ إِذْ قَالَ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ ٱكْفُرْ فَلَمَّا كَفَرَ قَالَ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّنكَ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Translation

(Their example is) Like the example of Shaytaan when he says to man, "Commit kufr." (become disbelievers) So when man commits kufr (and has to suffer punishment either in this world or in the Aakhirah), Shaytaan says, "I have nothing to do with you. (You cannot blame me because I did not force you.) Indeed I fear (the punishment of) Allaah, the Rabb of the universe."

Tafsir (excerpt) — روح المعاني

للمأمور به فهو تمثيل و استعارة (فَلَمَّا كَفَرَ قَالَ إِنِّى بَرَى مِنْكَ إِنِّي أَخَافُ اللَّهَ رَبَّ العالمينَ (١٦) تبرأ منه مخافة أن يشاركه في العذاب و لم ينفعه ذلك كما قال سبحانه :

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