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Al-Hijr (The Rocky Tract)

Verse 32of 99

قَالَ يَٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ﴿٣٢

Translation (Sahih International)

[Allah] said, O Iblees, what is [the matter] with you that you are not with those who prostrate?"

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaHe said
يَـٰٓإِبْلِيسُyāib'līsuO Iblis
مَاWhat
لَكَlaka(is) for you
أَلَّاallāthat not
تَكُونَtakūnayou are
مَعَmaʿawith
ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَl-sājidīnathose who prostrated

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The creation of Adam, the Command to the Angels to prostrate to Him, and the Rebellion of IblisAllah informs us of how He mentioned Adam to His angels before He created him, and how He honored him by commanding the angels to prostrate to him. He mentions how His enemy Iblis, amidst all the angels, refused to prostrate to him out of envy, disbelief, stubbornness, arrogance, and false pride.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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