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Al-A'raf 11

Ayah 11 of 206 · Meccan

وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ ثُمَّ صَوَّرۡنَٰكُمۡ ثُمَّ قُلۡنَا لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسۡجُدُواْ لِأٓدَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِبۡلِيسَ لَمۡ يَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ١١

And We have certainly created you, [O mankind], and given you [human] form. Then We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees.1 He was not of those who prostrated.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Satan. See footnote to 2:34.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَقَدۡAnd certainlywalaqad
  2. خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡWe created youkhalaqnākum
  3. ثُمَّthenthumma
  4. صَوَّرۡنَٰكُمۡWe fashioned youṣawwarnākum
  5. ثُمَّThenthumma
  6. قُلۡنَاWe saidqul'nā
  7. لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِto the Angelslil'malāikati
  8. ٱسۡجُدُواْProstrateus'judū
  9. لِأٓدَمَto Adamliādama
  10. فَسَجَدُوٓاْSo they prostratedfasajadū
  11. إِلَّآexceptillā
  12. إِبۡلِيسَIblisib'līsa
  13. لَمۡNotlam
  14. يَكُنhe wasyakun
  15. مِّنَofmina
  16. ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَthose who prostratedl-sājidīna

Tafsir

O people, Allah created your father Adam, making him in the best of forms and the best of designs. Then He commanded the angels to bow down to him, honouring him, so they did so, all bowing down, except for Iblīs, the Satan, who refused to bow down out of pride and stubbornness.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran