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qāla dhhab fa-man tabiʿaka minhum fa-ʾinna jahannama jazāʾukum jazāʾan mawfūran
Said He, ‘Begone! Whoever of them follows you, indeed the hell shall be your requital, an ample reward.
— Ali Quli Qarai
17Al-Isrā’الإسراءVerse 63 of 111
The Night Journey17. Al-Isrā’الإسراء
Al Isrā’
The Night Journey
MeccanVerse 63 of 111
Surah Isra’ – Verse 63
63. “(Addressing the Satan), He said: ‘Depart! But whoever of them follows you, then verily Hell will be your recompense, a recompense in full!’”
Man is free in his acceptance of the path of the Lord and/or in pursuing the Satan. The Lord’s punishment is all-encompassing; the guilty will be provided with both the divine chastisement which is due to their own sins, and the punishment for misleading others in their entirety either. Incidentally, in order to realize an experimental field for all, and proper means for the education of the true devout believers, which all tend to shape man in the melting pot, and in order to become strong against the enemy, the Satan was provided with the means for survival and activities:
the verse says:
“(Addressing the Satan), He said: ‘Depart! But whoever of them follows you, then verily Hell will be your recompense, a recompense in full!’”
It is by means of this nature that He declares the method of testing and explains the ultimate aim of victory and defeat in this grand Divine trial.