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Tafsir of Al-A'raf 7:14

Surah Al-A'raf 7:14

ﱢ ﱣ ﱤ ﱥ ﱦ

[Satan] said, "Reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."

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Al-Kashshaf

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Al-Aʿrāf: 14

[Question]: If you ask: Why was his request for respite granted, when he only sought it to corrupt His servants and lead them astray?

[Answer]: I say: Because in that lies the testing of the servants, and in opposing him lies the greatest reward. His ruling is like the ruling of all that He created in this world—the various adornments, the types of pleasures and amusements, and the desires implanted within the souls—all of which are there to test His servants.

[16] He said, "Because You have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them on Your straight path. [17] Then I will come to them from before them and from behind them and on their right and on their left, and You will not find most of them grateful [to You]."