Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 25 Al-Furqan, Ayat 27-29
وَيَوۡمَ يَعَضُّ الظَّالِمُ عَلٰى يَدَيۡهِ يَقُوۡلُ يٰلَيۡتَنِى اتَّخَذۡتُ مَعَ الرَّسُوۡلِ سَبِيۡلًا
﴿25:27﴾
يٰوَيۡلَتٰى لَيۡتَنِىۡ لَمۡ اَتَّخِذۡ فُلَانًا خَلِيۡلًا
﴿25:28﴾
لَقَدۡ اَضَلَّنِىۡ عَنِ الذِّكۡرِ بَعۡدَ اِذۡ جَآءَنِىۡ ؕ وَكَانَ الشَّيۡطٰنُ لِلۡاِنۡسَانِ خَذُوۡلًا
﴿25:29﴾
(25:27) a Day when the wrong-doer will bite his hands, saying: "Would that
I had stood by the Messenger! (25:28) Woe is me! Would that I had not taken such a one for a friend!
(25:29) He led me astray from the Admonition that had come to me. Satan proved
to be a great betrayer of man."40
Notes
40. Satan has proved very treacherous to man. It may also be a part of the
disbelievers’ lament, or it may be a remark by Allah, in which case the meaning
will be: And Satan is indeed the one who always deceives man.