قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡهُ خَلَقۡتَنِي مِن نَّارٖ وَخَلَقۡتَهُۥ مِن طِينٖ ٧٦
He said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- قَالَHe saidqāla
- أَنَا۠I amanā
- خَيۡرٞbetterkhayrun
- مِّنۡهُthan himmin'hu
- خَلَقۡتَنِيYou created mekhalaqtanī
- مِنfrommin
- نَّارٖfirenārin
- وَخَلَقۡتَهُۥand You created himwakhalaqtahu
- مِنfrommin
- طِينٖclayṭīnin
Tafsir
Iblis said: “I am better than Adam. You created me from fire and you created him from clay. And fire is a more noble substance than clay”.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran