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Ayah 75 of 88 · Meccan

قَالَ يَٰٓإِبۡلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسۡجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقۡتُ بِيَدَيَّۖ أَسۡتَكۡبَرۡتَ أَمۡ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَالِينَ ٧٥

[Allāh] said, "O Iblees, what prevented you from prostrating to that which I created with My hands?1 Were you arrogant [then], or were you [already] among the haughty?"

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 See footnote to 2:19.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. يَٰٓإِبۡلِيسُO Iblisyāib'līsu
  3. مَاWhatmā
  4. مَنَعَكَprevented youmanaʿaka
  5. أَنthatan
  6. تَسۡجُدَyou (should) prostratetasjuda
  7. لِمَاto (one) whomlimā
  8. خَلَقۡتُI createdkhalaqtu
  9. بِيَدَيَّۖwith My Handsbiyadayya
  10. أَسۡتَكۡبَرۡتَAre you arrogantastakbarta
  11. أَمۡoram
  12. كُنتَare youkunta
  13. مِنَofmina
  14. ٱلۡعَالِينَthe exalted onesl-ʿālīna

Tafsir

Allah said: “O Iblis, what stopped you from prostrating to Adam whom I created with My hands? Did pride stop you from prostrating or were you arrogant and haughty over your Lord from before?”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran