ٱلْأَنْفَال : ٤٨

  • وَإِذۡ And when
  • زَيَّنَ made fair-seeming
  • لَهُمُ to them
  • ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ the Shaitaan
  • أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ their deeds
  • وَقَالَ and he said
  • لَا No (one)
  • غَالِبَ (can) overcome
  • لَكُمُ [to] you
  • ٱلۡيَوۡمَ today
  • مِنَ from
  • ٱلنَّاسِ the people
  • وَإِنِّي and indeed, I am
  • جَارٞ a neighbor
  • لَّكُمۡۖ for you
  • فَلَمَّا But when
  • تَرَآءَتِ came in sight
  • ٱلۡفِئَتَانِ the two forces
  • نَكَصَ he turned away
  • عَلَىٰ on
  • عَقِبَيۡهِ his heels
  • وَقَالَ and said
  • إِنِّي Indeed, I am
  • بَرِيٓءٞ free
  • مِّنكُمۡ of you
  • إِنِّيٓ Indeed, I
  • أَرَىٰ see
  • مَا what
  • لَا not
  • تَرَوۡنَ you see
  • إِنِّيٓ indeed, I
  • أَخَافُ [I] fear
  • ٱللَّهَۚ Allah
  • وَٱللَّهُ And Allah
  • شَدِيدُ (is) severe
  • ٱلۡعِقَابِ (in) the penalty
And [remember] when Satan made their deeds pleasing to them and said, "No one can overcome you today from among the people, and indeed, I am your protector." But when the two armies sighted each other, he turned on his heels and said, "Indeed, I am disassociated from you. Indeed, I see what you do not see; indeed, I fear Allāh. And Allāh is severe in penalty."
And, mention, that Satan, Iblees, adorned their deeds for them, by encouraging them [to go] to meet the Muslims, when they had feared to set out on account of their enemy, the Banoo Bakr, and said, to them: 'Today no person shall overcome you, for I shall be your protector', from among the [Banoo] Kinaana - he appeared to them in the form of Suraaqa ibn Maalik, the chieftain of that region. But when the two armies, the Muslims and the disbelievers, sighted each other, [when] they met and he [Satan] ﷺ the angels, his hand clasping that of al-Haarith ibn Hishaam, he turned his back, he withdrew, in flight, saying - when they had said to him, 'Are you abandoning us in such a predicament?', 'I am quit of you, of being your protector, for I see what you do not see, in the way of angels. I fear God, lest He destroy me; and God is severe in retribution'.