38. Sad · verses 81–84

إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡوَقۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡلُومِ

Ila yawmi alwaqti almaAAloomi

"Till the Day of the Time Appointed."

قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَأُغۡوِيَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ

Qala fabiAAizzatika laoghwiyannahum ajmaAAeena

(Iblis) said: "Then, by Thy power, I will put them all in the wrong,-

إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنۡهُمُ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ

Illa AAibadaka minhumu almukhlaseena

"Except Thy Servants amongst them, sincere and purified (by Thy Grace)."

قَالَ فَٱلۡحَقُّ وَٱلۡحَقَّ أَقُولُ

Qala faalhaqqu waalhaqqa aqoolu

(Allah) said: "Then it is just and fitting- and I say what is just and fitting-