(Iblis) said:"By Your might, then I will surely mislead them all, except Your true servants amongst them."This is like the Ayat:أَرَءَيْتَكَ هَـذَا الَّذِى كَرَّمْتَ عَلَىَّ لَيِنْ أَخَّرْتَنِ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَـمَةِ لَاحْتَنِكَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَهُ إَلاَّ قَلِيلً(Iblis) said:"See this one whom You have honored above me, if You give me respite until the Day of Resurrection, I will surely seize and mislead his offspring all but a few!" (17:62) These few are the ones who are excepted in another Ayah, which is:إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَـنٌ وَكَفَى بِرَبِّكَ وَكِيلًVerily, My servants -- you have no authority over them. And All-Sufficient is your Lord as a Guardian. (17:65)قَالَ فَالْحَقُّ وَالْحَقَّ أَقُولُ