Quran 15:40

Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 40

Verse 40 of 99 in Surah Al-Hijr (الحجر), chapter 15 of the Quran — in Arabic with Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, tafsir and MP3 recitation.

إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

EnglishSaheeh International: Except, among them, Your chosen servants."
TamilJan Trust Foundation: "அவர்களில் அந்தரங்க - சுத்தியுள்ள (உன்னருள் பெற்ற) உன் நல்லடியார்களைத் தவிர" என்று கூறினான்.
SinhalaRuwwad Center: එහෙත් ඔවුන් අතරින් වූ නුඹේ අවංක ගැත්තන් හැර.
UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi: سوائے تیرے ان بندوں کے جو منتخب کر لیے گئے ہیں.
JapaneseRyoichi Mita: かれらの中で誠実な（恩恵により清められた）あなたのしもベの外は。」
ChineseMa Jian: 除非他们中你所选拔的仆人。

Tafsir of 15:40

The Threat of Iblis to tempt Mankind, and Allah's Promise of Hell for him Allah informed about the rebellion and arrogance of Iblis, in that he said to the Lord: بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى (Because You misled me,) i.e., because You misled me and misguided me. لأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ (I shall indeed adorn the path of error for them) meaning, for the progeny of Adam. فِى الاٌّرْضِ (on the earth,) meaning - I will make sin dear to them, and will encourage, provoke and harass them to commit sin. وَلأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ (and I shall mislead them all.) meaning - just as You have misled me and have ordained that for me. إِلاَّ عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِينَ (Except Your chosen, (guided) servants among them.) This is like the Ayah: أَرَءَيْتَكَ هَذَا الَّذِى كَرَّمْتَ عَلَىَّ لَئِنْ أَخَّرْتَنِ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَمَةِ لأَحْتَنِكَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَهُ إَلاَّ قَلِيلاً ("Do you see this one whom You have honored above me, if You give me respite until the Day of Resurrection, I will surely seize and mislead his offspring, all but a few!") (17:62). قَالَ ((Allah) said), i.e., threatening and warning Iblis.…

Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)