🌿 The Story of Iblis and the Divine Test
📖 Surah Al-A‘raf (7:14–16)

(7:14)
He said: “Grant me respite until the Day they are raised.”

According to Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.), Iblis was the first who compared (qiyās) and became arrogant—and arrogance was the first sin ever committed against God.

Iblis said:

“My Lord, spare me from bowing to Adam, and I will worship You with such devotion that neither an angel nor a prophet has ever shown!”

Allah replied:

“I have no need of your worship. I wish to be worshiped as I command, not as you desire.”

When Iblis refused to prostrate, God expelled him, saying:

“Get out, for you are accursed. My curse shall be upon you until the Day of Judgment.”

Then Iblis pleaded:

“My Lord, You are the Just One — shall my reward be void?”
Allah said: “No. Ask of the world what you wish; I shall grant it.”

Thus Iblis asked for life until the Day of Resurrection, for power over Adam’s children, to flow through them like blood, to see them while remaining unseen, and to take any form he wished.
God granted all.

At last, Iblis swore:

“By Your Glory! I will mislead them all — except Your purified servants.”
(A‘raf: 16–17)

💠 Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) added:

“God granted Iblis respite until the Day when our Qa’im (al-Mahdi) shall rise.”
📚 Tafsir Ahl al-Bayt, vol. 5, p. 50; Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 60, p. 221

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(7:15)
He (Allah) said: “You are of those given respite.”

When God accepted Iblis’s request, Adam (a.s.) cried:

“My Lord! You have empowered Iblis over my children, letting him flow within them like blood. What will be our share of protection?”

Allah replied:

“For every evil deed, only one will be counted; but every good deed will be multiplied tenfold.”
“The gate of repentance will remain open until the soul reaches the throat.”
“And I forgive again and again, without limit.”

📚 Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 11, p. 142

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(7:16)
He (Iblis) said: ‘Because You have sent me astray, I will surely lie in wait for them on Your straight path.’

Imam al-Baqir (a.s.) explained:

“O Zurārah! He lies in wait for you and your companions, for others he has already finished his work.”

Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said:

“The Straight Path (Ṣirāt al-Mustaqīm) that Iblis vowed to block is Amir al-Mu’minin ʿAlī (a.s.).”

📚 Tafsir Ahl al-Bayt, vol. 5, p. 52; Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 60, p. 220

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💬 Reflection:
The enemy’s greatest trap is not in sin itself—but in turning us away from Wilāyah and the path of Imamate, the very Ṣirāt al-Mustaqīm that leads to Allah.

🌙 Only the sincere servants, steadfast in love and allegiance to the Ahl al-Bayt, remain beyond his reach.

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