Translation of the meanings Ayah 50 Surah Al-Kahf - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 50

وَإِذۡ قُلۡنَا لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسۡجُدُواْ لِأٓدَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِبۡلِيسَ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِۦٓۗ أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُۥ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ أَوۡلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِي وَهُمۡ لَكُمۡ عَدُوُّۢۚ بِئۡسَ لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ بَدَلٗا

50. And (mention) when We said to the angels: "Prostrate to Adam." So they all prostrated except Iblees, he was of the jinn, then he rebelled from the Command of his Lord. Would you then take him and his offspring for your masters24 rather than Me, while they are to you enemies? Wretched it is for the wrongdoers as an exchange25.

24. Demons could possess their idols and communicate through them; they also used to seek refuge from the evil of the jinn by appraising them and slaughtering sacrifices for them25. Satan along with his fellow demons continues to lead people astray from the right Path of Islam.