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Al-A'raf 12

Ayah 12 of 206 · Meccan

قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسۡجُدَ إِذۡ أَمَرۡتُكَۖ قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡهُ خَلَقۡتَنِي مِن نَّارٖ وَخَلَقۡتَهُۥ مِن طِينٖ ١٢

[Allāh] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan] said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay [i.e., earth]."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَ(Allah) saidqāla
  2. مَاWhatmā
  3. مَنَعَكَprevented youmanaʿaka
  4. أَلَّاthat notallā
  5. تَسۡجُدَyou prostratetasjuda
  6. إِذۡwhenidh
  7. أَمَرۡتُكَۖI commanded youamartuka
  8. قَالَ(Shaitaan) saidqāla
  9. أَنَا۠I amanā
  10. خَيۡرٞbetterkhayrun
  11. مِّنۡهُthan himmin'hu
  12. خَلَقۡتَنِيYou created mekhalaqtanī
  13. مِنfrommin
  14. نَّارٖfirenārin
  15. وَخَلَقۡتَهُۥand You created himwakhalaqtahu
  16. مِنfrommin
  17. طِينٖclayṭīnin

Tafsir

Allah asked Satan rebuking him: 'What stopped you from following My command to bow down to Adam?' Satan said: 'What prevented me is that I am better than Adam: You created me from fire and Adam from mud, and fire is greater then mud.'

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran