Quran 17:64 – Cavalry And Foot Soldiers Of Satan
@Irfan76 Sir could you clarify the context of the verses more? I understand all that you mentioned but form the flow of the preceding verses and the context it seems as if Allah is addressing Iblees directly after his arrogance in front of his command and his refusal to bow to Adam and his wish to mislead Adam and his progeny, so in that context how are cavalry and foot soldiers mentioned? If this is imagery then this is not the literal kalam of Allah with Iblees? And what about all the other places when dialogues are mentioned? Are they supposed to be taken in in a metaphorical sense or an actual recapitulation of what happened and what was spoken before? @UmerQureshi Sir if you could understand my confusion.
It is a direct address to iblees. The expression God used here is to tell a thing to the audience using their metaphors of their language.