Quran 8:48 – Explanation
At many places Quran has used the word Shetaan for the human especially the Jews. For example وَإِذَا لَقُوا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قَالُوا آمَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوْا إِلَىٰ شَيَاطِينِهِمْ قَالُوا إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُسْتَهْزِئُونَ 2:14 Here too means the aspirations of Shetaan were fulfilled by the Jews, because they were the ones who exhorted the Makkans to attack and now they backed off. They were actually Jews acting as Shetaan on his behest and because they wanted the same.