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.