Why did Iblis say: "Because You have sent me astray, I will surely sit in wait for them on Your straight path," even though he was the one who refused to prostrate to Adam? And does Allah lead astray or guide? And is this verse a dialogue between Iblis and his Lord?
"Ighwaa'" (misguidance/allurement) means leading astray and pushing away. Indeed, Iblis said: "Because You have sent me astray [aghwaytani]" (Quran 7:16), meaning, because of what You have put in his heart of error, obstinacy, and arrogance. Iblis knows that misguidance is in the hand of Allah Almighty, just as guidance is in His hand. Allah guides whom He wills out of grace and misguides whom He wills out of justice, and He misguides none but the defiantly disobedient (al-fasiqin). And Iblis was defiantly disobedient, so he deserved misguidance and being led astray. It is from the belief of Ahlus- wal-Jama'ah that Allah guides and misguides.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/92268
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 92268
- Added here
- . This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
- Text
- Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
- Read the full ruling
- Read the full answer on Ftawy