And remember: when We commanded the angels, "Bow yourselves before Adam," all bowed down except Iblis.74 He replied, "Should I bow before the one whom you have created of clay?" Then he added, "Just consider this: Was he worthy of this that you have exalted him over me ? If you give me respite up to the Day of Resurrection, I will uproot the whole of his progeny;75 there shall be only a few of them who will be able to save themselves from me." Allah replied, "Well, get away. Hell is your ample reward and the reward of those who follow you. You may try to allure with your invitation whomsoever you can.76 Rally against them your horsemen and your footmen:77 set a partner with them in their wealth and children78 and entice them with your false promises And Star's promises are nothing but deception.79 Indeed you will have no power over my servants."80 And your Lord suffices for you as a guardian.81 Your (real) Lord is the One, Who drives your ship across the sea82 so that you may seek His bounty.83 The fact is that He is very merciful towards you. When a misfortune befalls you on the sea, all of those whom you invoke for help fail you but He (is there to help you84 ): yet when He brings you safe to land, you turn away from Him. Indeed man is very ungrateful. What, do you feel quite secure that sometimes Allah would not cause you to sink underground even on land, or send a deadly whirlwind charged with stones toward you, and you may not find anyone to protect you from it? Or, are you not afraid that God may again send you to the sea and smite you with a violent tempest and drown you for your ingratitude, and you may not find any one to question Us in regard to this end of yours? It is a favor that We have honored the sons of Adam and blessed them with conveyances on land and sea and provided them with good and pure things and exalted them above many of Our other creatures.85 Just imagine the scene on the Day, when We will summon every community with its leader: then those, who will be given their records in their right hands, will read their records86 and will not be wronged in the least; on the other hand, the one, who leads his life in this world as if he were blind shall be blind in the Hereafter. nay, he shall fare even worse than a blind person in finding the way.