这位先知所见的异象中，包含了一个他此前从未知晓的完整世界。提及这一异象的经文，还提到了那棵被诅咒的树，它所结的果实，是追随撒旦的人在火狱中所吃的食物。这一章接着描绘了一幅画面：我们看到魔鬼威胁要诱惑人类。
The vision the Prophet was shown included a complete world that he had not known before. The verse that refers to this vision also mentions the accursed tree which provides the food eaten in hell by those who follow Satan. The sūrah follows this with an image in which we see the devil threatening to seduce human beings.
当我们对天使说“你们向阿丹叩头”时,他们都叩头了,唯独易卜劣厮没有叩头。他说:“我怎能向你用泥土创造的人叩头呢?”他又说:“你看这个你使他高过我的人!如果你宽限我到复活日,我必使他的后代,除了少数人以外,都受我的支配。”(真主)说:“你滚开吧!他们中凡跟随你的人,你们的报应都是火狱,那是充足的报应。”
When We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate yourselves before Adam,’ they all prostrated themselves; but not so Iblīs. He said, Am I to bow down before one whom You have created out of clay?’ And he added: ‘You see this being whom You have exalted above me! Indeed, if You will give me respite until the Day of Resurrection, I shall bring his descendants, all but a few, under my sway’ [God] said: Begone! As for those of them who follow you, hell will be the recompense of you all, a most ample recompense.
{你就用你的声音煽动他们中你所能煽动的人，调集你的骑兵和步兵攻击他们，与他们共享财富和子嗣，并向他们许诺。而撒旦向他们许诺的，不过是欺骗。至于我的仆人，你对他们没有任何权力。你的主足以作为保护者。}
Entice with your voice such of them as you can. Muster against them all your cavalry and your infantry, and share with them wealth and offspring, and promise them [what you will] — indeed, whatever Satan promises them is nothing but a means of deception. But over My servants you shall have no power. Your Lord is sufficient as a Guardian.’ (Verses 61-65)
由此揭示了那些迷失者态度背后的真正原因。这也是对世人的警示,要小心谨慎,以免迷失方向。他们在此看到了易卜劣思,他是他们的敌人,也是人类之父阿丹的敌人,他威胁要诱使他们偏离真理。这是他下定决心要将他们引入歧途的努力:
Thus the real reason behind the attitude of those who go astray is revealed. This serves as a warning to mankind to be careful, lest they go astray. They see here Iblīs, their enemy and the enemy of Adam, the father of all mankind, threatening to tempt them away from the truth. It is a determined effort on his part to lead them astray:
“当我们对天使说：‘你们向阿丹叩拜。’他们都叩拜了，唯独伊卜利斯没有叩拜。他说：‘难道我要向你用泥土造成的那位叩拜吗？’”（第61节）
“When We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate yourselves before Adam,’ they all prostrated themselves; but not so Iblīs. He said, Am I to bow down before one whom You have created out of clay?’” (Verse 61)
在这里，我们看到了噬咬易卜劣厮（Iblīs）内心的嫉妒。他说亚当是由泥土造的，却略去了一个事实：神将祂的灵魂吹入了那泥土之中。易卜劣厮还轻蔑地谈论亚当的软弱以及他容易犯错的本性。他傲慢地对神说：“你看这个你使他高过我的人！”（第62节）
Here we see the envy that eats at Iblīs’ heart. He states that Adam was created of clay, but omits the fact that God breathed of His soul in that clay. Iblīs further speaks contemptuously of Adam’s weakness and his susceptibility to err. He says to God in an arrogant manner, “You see this being whom You have exalted above me!” (Verse 62)
你赋予这个软弱的造物以尊位。然而他说："求你宽限我到复活日，我必使他的后裔除极少数外，都归我掌管。"（第62节）我将能够支配他们，引导他们的走向，使他们服从我的权势。
You have given this weak creature a position of honour. Yet, “if You will give me respite until the Day of Resurrection, I shall bring his descendants, all but a few, under my sway.” (Verse 62) I will have power over them, and I will be able to direct their course and subject them to my power.
易卜劣斯在此忽略了一个事实：人既能趋向善与遵循神圣的指引，也同样容易走向恶与迷误。当人因神的指引而得以提升、能够抵御诱惑与邪恶时，他对此视而不见。他也不了解这一伟大而独特的特质，正是这一特质使人超越于只循着单一道路、毫无选择余地的万物之上。事实上，人的尊贵之处正在于他的自由意志，以及他运用选择之能的力量。
Iblīs here overlooks the fact that man is equally susceptible to goodness and following divine guidance as he is to evil and error. He chooses not to see man when he is elevated by God’s guidance, able to resist temptation and evil. He is unaware of this great, distinctive characteristic that places man above all creatures that follow a single route, having no element of choice. Indeed man’s position of distinction lies in his free-will and the exercise of his power of choice.
这是真主的旨意:作恶的唆使者易卜劣斯(撒旦)被允许有宽限期,以试图诱使人类远离神圣的指引。因此,神对他说:“去吧!至于那些跟随你的人,你们全体的报酬就是火狱,一个极其充足的报酬。”(第63节)去吧,竭尽你的全力。如果你试图引诱他们,他们已被赋予理智和意志。他们可以跟随你,也可以拒绝你的引诱。那么,任何跟随你、宁愿选择迷误而不遵从我的指引、无视我在他周围世界中所设置的迹象的人,都应得他注定要在火狱中承受的结局。
It is God’s will that the advocate of evil, Satan, should have his respite to try to tempt mankind away from divine guidance. Hence, God says to him: “Begone! As for those of them who follow you, hell will be the recompense of you all, a most ample recompense.” (Verse 63) Go and do your utmost. If you try to tempt them, they have been given reason and will. They can follow you or reject your advances. Now anyone who follows you, preferring error to My guidance, ignoring the signs I have placed in the world around him, deserves the fate that he is bound to suffer in hell.
诚然，撒旦与他的追随者都将走向同样的结局："地狱将是你们所有人的报应，一个最充足的报应。"（第63节）
Indeed, both Satan and his followers will have the same end: “Hell will be the recompense of you all, a most ample recompense.” (Verse 63)
“你可以用你的声音诱惑他们中你所能诱惑的人，用你的骑兵和步兵向他们进攻。”（第64节）这段描述旨在突出撒旦用来笼络世人、支配他们心灵与思想的种种手段。
“Entice with your voice such of them as you can. Muster against them all your cavalry and your infantry.” (Verse 64) This description seeks to magnify the means employed by Satan to encompass people and impose his power over their hearts and minds.
我们在这里讨论的是一场战斗，其中听到了高声呐喊，并动用了战马和士兵。震耳的呼喊会激怒对手，使其走出防御工事。这样一来，他们可能落入陷阱，或者发现自己正面临突然袭击。
We are looking here at a battle in which loud voices are heard, and horses and soldiers employed. A loud outcry irritates opponents and brings them out of their fortifications. They may thus fall into a trap, or find themselves facing a surprise attack.
“并与他们分享财富和子嗣。”（第64节）这种合伙关系体现在某些错误的信仰之中。多神教徒过去会将一部分财产划归他们的伪神，实际上也就是划归撒旦本人；他们还会将一些子女奉献给他们的神明。这些子女因被供奉于偶像而确实归属于撒旦。同样的合伙关系也体现在一切非法的赚取之中，以及用于购买被禁之物的任何非法花费之中。它也体现在每一个在罪中出生的孩子身上。这句经文描述了撒旦与其追随者之间的一种合伙关系，涵盖财富和子嗣这两项今世最主要的内容。
“And share with them wealth and offspring.” (Verse 64) This partnership is seen in certain false beliefs. The pagans used to assign a portion of their property to their false gods, or in effect to Satan himself, and they would also assign some of their offspring as a dedication to their deities. These were indeed dedicated to Satan by virtue of their being offered to idols. The same partnership is seen in every kind of illegitimate earning, and any money spent illegally, to buy what is forbidden. It is also manifested in every child born in sin. The statement describes a partnership between Satan and his followers that includes wealth and offspring, the two main elements in this life.
易卜劣思被允许施展他的一切伎俩，包括诱人的许诺："你可以用你的声音煽动他们，用你的骑兵和步兵攻击他们，与他们共享财产和子女，并向他们许诺。"其实，撒旦向他们许下的，不过是欺骗。（第64节）这些许诺包括：撒旦向人保证他能逃脱真主的惩罚，以及承诺他们可以通过轻易或不正当的手段获得财富或权力。
Iblīs is given leave to employ all his devices, including tempting promises: “And promise them [what you will] — indeed, whatever Satan promises them is nothing but a means of deception.” (Verse 64) Such promises include Satan’s assertions to man that he will escape God’s punishment and the promise of acquiring wealth or power through easy or dirty means.
撒旦所许下的诱惑中，或许最具迷惑性的，莫过于承诺人可以得到真主的宽恕。对于那些不肯公然违抗真主命令、拒绝他诱惑的人，撒旦便换上一副较为温和的姿态，他极力把罪过描绘成极具诱惑力的东西，并许诺人们：真主的慈悲大于一切罪过，他们必将获得宽恕。
Perhaps the most tempting promise Satan makes is that of God’s forgiveness of sins. It is the point which Satan uses to attack those who will not respond to his temptation of open defiance of God’s orders. With such people he employs a softer attitude trying to paint sin as very tempting, and promising people that they will be forgiven by God whose mercy is greater than all sin.
虽然撒旦被允许去诱惑那些听从他许诺的人，但仍有一些人不回应他，他对这些人没有任何权力。
While Satan has been given leave to try to seduce those who will listen to his promises, some people will not respond to him and he has no power over them.
这些人对他的一切诡计免疫，能轻易抵御他的权势：“至于我的仆人，你对他们没有任何权力。你的主足以作保护者。”（第65节）
These have immunity against all his devices and can easily resist his power: “But over My servants you shall have no power. Your Lord is sufficient as a Guardian.” (Verse 65)
当人的心因与真主的联系而保持鲜活,当人将崇拜纯粹地献给真主时,他便维系着那永不断绝的联系。他的灵魂被天国崇高的光明照亮。对于这样的人,撒旦对他们的心灵和灵魂没有任何权力。"你的主足以作你的保护者。"(第65节)他保护他们,并使撒旦的阴谋归于徒劳。
When man’s heart is kept alive by his bond with God, and when man addresses his worship purely to God, he maintains the bond that will never be severed. His soul is brightened with the sublime light of heaven. Over the hearts and souls of such people Satan has no power. “Your Lord is sufficient as a Guardian.” (Verse 65) He protects them and renders Satan’s scheming futile.
自那天以来,撒旦便一直竭力想让他的誓言成真。那些屈服于他诱惑的人,会沦为他的奴隶;而那些将崇拜纯粹地献给至仁至慈之主的人,则不受他的诡计所害。
Ever since that day, Satan has been trying hard to make his word come true. He enslaves those who yield to his temptation, but those who address worship purely to God, the Most Merciful, are immune from his scheming.