Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-A'raaf, Ayah 16
قَالَ فَبِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ صِرَٰطَكَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ
[Satan] said, "Because You have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them on Your straight path.
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(He) Iblis (said: Now, because Thou hast sent me astray) just as You made me err from guidance, (verily I shall lurk in ambush for them) for the children of Adam (on Thy Right Path) the religion of Islam.
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Al-Jalalayn Commentary
Said he ‘Now because You have sent me astray fa-bi-mā aghwaytanī means bi-ighwā’ik ‘for Your sending me astray’ the bā’ is for oaths and the response of the oath is the following verily I shall sit in ambush for them that is for the Children of Adam on Your straight path that is on the path that leads to You.