إِلَّآ إِبۡلِيسَ أَبَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ٣١
Except Iblees;1 he refused to be with those who prostrated.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 Who was of the jinn. See 18:50.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- إِلَّآExceptillā
- إِبۡلِيسَIblisib'līsa
- أَبَىٰٓHe refusedabā
- أَنtoan
- يَكُونَbeyakūna
- مَعَwithmaʿa
- ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَthose who prostratedl-sājidīna
Tafsir
As for Iblis, who was with the angels but was not one himself, refused to prostrate to Adam along with the angels.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran