Iblis' Arrogance and Disobedience to Allah's Command
Al-Hijr — Verses 28–31 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim
وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا مِّن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ ٢٨
And (remember) when your Lord said to the angels: "I am going to create a man (Adam) from sounding clay of altered black smooth mud.
- وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ
- And (remember) when your Lord said
- لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ
- to the angels:
- إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا
- I am going to create a man (Adam)
- مِّن صَلْصَالٍ
- from sounding clay
- مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ
- of altered black smooth mud.
فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِدِينَ ٢٩
"So, when I have fashioned him completely and breathed into him (Adam) the soul which I created for him, then fall (you) down prostrating yourselves unto him."
- فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ
- So, when I have fashioned him completely
- وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي
- and breathed into him (Adam) the soul which I created for him
- فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِدِينَ
- then fall (you) down prostrating yourselves unto him.
فَسَجَدَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ ٣٠
So, the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together.
- فَسَجَدَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ
- So, the angels prostrated themselves,
- كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ
- all of them together.
إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ ٣١
Except Iblis (Satan), - he refused to be among the prostrators.
- إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ
- Except Iblis (Satan),
- أَبَىٰ أَن يَكُونَ
- he refused to be
- مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ
- among the prostrators.