Tafsir for verse: 4:118
لَّعَنَهُ ٱللَّهُۘ وَقَالَ لَأَتَّخِذَنَّ مِنۡ عِبَادِكَ نَصِيبٗا مَّفۡرُوضٗا ١١٨ ﴿118﴾
118whom Allah has cursed. He (the Satan) said, “Surely I will take an appointed share from Your slaves,
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Commentary
Then he clarified that by saying: "May Allah curse him"; meaning: the Most High King has distanced him from all good; so he became distant and was burned.
And when the estimation was: "So he said - insisting on enmity through envy -: 'By Your might, I will certainly strive to distance others just as You have distanced me'"; he added to that his saying: "And he said, 'I will surely take'"; meaning: 'By Allah, I will certainly strive to take from Your servants'; those who are under Your control; and do not go beyond Your will; "a fixed share"; meaning: a portion that You have decreed for me;
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